The dihydrido-dichloro complexOsH
2Cl
2(P
iPr
3)
2(
1) reacts with 1,5-cyclooctadiene in tolueneunder reflux to give the isopropenylphosphine derivativeOsCl
2(
4-COD){[
2-CH
2=C(CH
3)]P
iPr
2} (
2), which has been characterized by X-raydiffraction analysis. The coordinationgeometry around the osmium atom of
2 can be rationalized asa highly distorted octahedron.The distortion is due to the ring constraint imposed by thebidentate isopropenylphosphineligand, which acts with a bite angle of 56.0(1)
. Intoluene at 85
C, the reaction of
1 with1,5-cyclooctadiene leads to the hydrido compoundOsHCl
2(
4-C
8H
11P
iPr
3)(P
iPr
3)(
3). Themolecular structure of this complex has also been determined by anX-ray investigation.The X-ray diffraction analysis of
3 demonstrates the
4-binding mode of the carbocyclic ligand[C
8H
11P
iPr
3]
+.The coordination geometry around the osmium center can berationalized asa distorted octahedron with the triisopropylphosphine, a chlorine atom,and the carbocyclicligand forming the equatorial plane. Complex
3 reactswith 1,5-cyclooctadiene and 2,5-norbornadiene (NBD) to give
2 andOsCl
2(
4-NBD){[
2-CH
2=C(CH
3)]P
iPr
2}(
8), respectively.Complex
8 can also be obtained, under refluxingtoluene, from
1 and 2,5-norbornadiene.Similarly, the reaction of
1 withtetrafluorobenzobarrelene (TFB) affords a mixture of thepropenylphosphine isomersOsCl
2(
4-TFB){(
2-CH
2=CHCH
2)P
iPr
2}(
9) andOsCl
2(
4-TFB){[
2-CH
2=C(CH
3)]P
iPr
2}(
10), which can also be prepared from
3 andtetrafluorobenzobarrelene.The molecular structure of
9 has been determined byX-ray diffraction analysis. Thecoordination geometry around the osmium can be described as a distortedoctahedron, andas for
2, the distortion is mainly due to the ringconstraint imposed by the bidentate olefin-phosphine ligand, which in this case acts with a bite angle of74.8(1)
.