The novel (iminophospho
ranyl)(thiophospho
ranyl)methane ligands Ph
2P(
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2P(
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2 (R = 2,4,6-C
6H
2Me
3 (
2a), 4-C
6F
4CHO (
2b), 4-C
6F
4CN (
2c), 4-C
5F
4N (
2d), P(
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rc="http://pubs.acs.o
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2 (
2e), P(
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2 (
2f), P(
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2 (
2g), P(
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2 (
2h)) have been synthesized by oxidation of the phosphine unit in Ph
2PCH
2P(
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2 with elemental sulfu
r. T
reatment of
2a−
f with Li
nBu gene
rates the co
rresponding methanide anions which
react in situ with [{RuCl(μ-Cl)(η
6-
p-cymene)}
2] to affo
rd the mononuclea
r de
rivatives [Ru{κ
3(
C,
N,
S)-Ph
2P(
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rc="http://pubs.acs.o
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2}(η
6-
p-cymene)][Cl] (R = 2,4,6-C
6H
2Me
3 (
3a), 4-C
6F
4CHO (
3b), 4-C
6F
4CN (
3c), 4-C
5F
4N (
3d), P(
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rc="http://pubs.acs.o
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2 (
3e), P(
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rc="http://pubs.acs.o
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2 (
3f)), via t
ridentate κ
3(
C,
N,
S) coo
rdination of the anions to
ruthenium. In cont
rast, complexes [Ru(κ
3(
C,
S,
S)-Ph
2P(
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rc="http://pubs.acs.o
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2}Ph
2)(η
6-
p-cymene)][Cl] (R = Et (
4g), Ph (
4h)) a
re selectively fo
rmed in the
reactions of [{RuCl(μ-Cl)(η
6-
p-cymene)}
2] with the methanide anions de
rived f
rom
2g−
h. Dep
rotonation of
3a with NaH gene
rates the ca
rbenic de
rivative [Ru{κ
2(
C,
N)-Ph
2P(
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rc="http://pubs.acs.o
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rc="http://pubs.acs.o
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6H
2Me
3)Ph
2}(η
6-
p-cymene)] (
5), which
readily
reacts with an excess of 2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide to affo
rd the octahed
ral complex [Ru{κ
2(
C,
N)-Ph
2P(S)C(C
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6H
3Me
2)P(N-2,4,6-C
6H
2Me
3)Ph
2}(CN-2,6-C
6H
3Me
2)
4] (
7), via
release of the a
rene
ring and inse
rtion of one isocyanide molecule into the Ru
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rc="http://pubs.acs.o
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5. The inte
rmediate ketenimine complex [Ru{κ
3(
C,
C,
N)-Ph
2P(
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rc="http://pubs.acs.o
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rc="http://pubs.acs.o
rg/images/entities/dbd_2.gif">N-2,6-C
6H
3Me
2)P(
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rc="http://pubs.acs.o
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6H
2Me
3)Ph
2}(η
6-
p-cymene)] (
6) could be isolated wo
rking unde
r stoichiomet
ric conditions. The st
ructu
re of compounds
2f,
2h,
3f,
4g, and
7 has been dete
rmined by X-
ray c
rystallog
raphy.