A series of heterodinuclear germanium-ruthenium complexes having sulfido/oxo bridges, Dmp(Dep)Ge(
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-E
1)(
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-E
2)Ru(
6-arene) (E
1, E
2 = S, O; arene = benzene,
p-cymene; Dmp = 2,6-dimesitylphenyl,Dep = 2,6-diethylphenyl) were synthesized by the reaction of [Ru(
6-arene)Cl
2]
2 and the correspondingdiarylgermanedichalcogenoles, Dmp(Dep)Ge(E
1H)(E
2H). The reaction with tertiary phosphines gave thecorresponding adducts Dmp(Dep)Ge(
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-S)(
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-E)Ru(PR
3) (E = S, O; R = Ph, Et), in which the areneligand on the ruthenium was replaced by a mesityl group of Dmp. When Dmp(Dep)Ge(
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-S)
2Ru(PPh
3)was treated with the Br
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nsted acids H(OEt
2)
2BAr
F4 and HOTf, a sulfido bridge was protonated to afford[Dmp(Dep)Ge(
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-S)(
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-SH)Ru(PPh
3)]X (X = BAr
F4, OTf). Likewise, the methylation reaction withMe
3OBF
4 proceeded at a
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-S, generating [Dmp(Dep)Ge(
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-S)(
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-SMe)Ru(PPh
3)](BF
4). On the other hand,protonation of Dmp(Dep)Ge(
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-S)(
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-O)Ru(PPh
3) gave a
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-OH complex, [Dmp(Dep)Ge(
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-S)(
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-OH)Ru(PPh
3)]
+, while the analogous methylation afforded the cationic
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-SMe complex [Dmp(Dep)Ge(
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-SMe)(
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-O)Ru(PPh
3)]
+.