The coordinatively saturated hydrido complexRuH(biPSi)(CO)
2 (
1), biPSi = -Si(Me)(CH
2CH
2CH
2PPh
2)
2, reacts slowly with either water/piperidine ordioxygen to afford the novel "anchored" siloxo complexes
RuH[OSiMe(CH2CH2CH2PPh2)2](CO)L (
3, L = CO) and
RuH[OSi(OMe)(CH2CH2CH2PPh2)2](CO)L (
6, L = CO),respectively, which undergo carbonyl displacement toyield analogues in which L = P(OMe)
3 that are crystalline (
5 or
7, respectively) and for which anti stereochemistry (i.e., H at Ru vs Me or OMe at Si) has beenidentified by using X-ray crystallography (i.e., pro
ducts
5-a,
7-a respectively). Complex
1 catalyzes autoxidationof cyclohexene (mainly to cyclohexenone, cyclohexenol:TTO
300, 4 h).