Reaction of Ru(
6-cot)(dmfm)
2 (
1) [cot = 1,3,5-cyclooctatriene, dmfm = dimethyl fumarate]with phenol was investigated. At 110
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C, a novel ruthenium(II) phenolate complex, Ru(
5-C
6H
5O)(
5-C
8H
11) (
2), was obtained by the reaction of
1 with phenol in an isolated yield of52% (74% by NMR). When the reaction was carried out at 130
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C, further dehydrogenativering-closure in an
5-cyclooctadienyl ligand occurred to give Ru(
5-C
6H
5O)(
5-C
8H
9) (
3) inan isolated yield of 61% (76% by NMR). For both complexes, the
5-oxocyclohexadienylbonding mode of a phenoxo ligand was clearly shown by X-ray crystallography and DFTcalculation. Complex
2 was smoothly transformed into complex
3 in the presence of dmfmat 130
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C for 3 h. Selective
O-methylation of an
5-oxocyclohexadienyl ligand in complex
3proceeded with methyl
p-toluenesulfonate to give a novel cationic ruthenium(II) complex,[Ru(
6-C
6H
5OMe)(
5-C
8H
9)]
+OTs
- (
4), in an isolated yield of 74%.