The reactions of the basal edge-bridged square pyramidal hexanuclear cluster [Ru
6(
3-H)
2(
5-
2-ampy)(
-CO)
2(CO)
14] (
1; H
2ampy = 2-amino-6-methylpyridine) with arenes at high temperature (>110
C)gi
ve [Ru
6(
3-H)
2(
5-
2-ampy)(
6-arene)(
-CO)
2(CO)
11] (arene = C
6H
6 2a, C
6H
5Me
2b, 1,4-C
6H
4Me
2 2c).These complexes result from the substitution of the arene for the three CO ligands of the apical Ru atomof
1. Cycloheptatriene reacts with complex
1 in chlorobenzene at reflux temperature to gi
ve a mixtureof products from which the hexanuclear cluster complexes [Ru
6(
3-H)(
5-
2-ampy)(
5-C
7H
9)(
3-CO)(
-CO)
2(CO)
11] (
3), [Ru
6(
3-H)(
5-
2-ampy)(
3-
7-C
7H
7)(
-CO)
2(CO)
11] (
4), [Ru
6(
5-
2-ampy)(
2-
7-C
7H
7)
2(
-CO)(CO)
9] (
5), and [Ru
6(
6-C)(
3-
7-C
7H
7)
2(
-CO)
2(CO)
8] (
6) ha
ve been isolated and characterized.While compound
3 has a terminal
5-cycloheptadienyl ligand,
4 contains a face-capping
5:
2-cycloheptatrienyl ligand, and
5 has two edge-bridging
4:
3-cycloheptatrienyl ligands. Compound
6, aminor product of this reaction, contains an octahedral metallic skeleton with a
6-carbide and two face-capping
3:
2:
2-cycloheptatrienyl ligands. It has been established that the thermolysis of complex
3gi
ves
4 and that complex
5 arises from the reaction of
4 with cycloheptatriene. Treatment ofdicyclopentadiene with complex
1 in chlorobenzene at reflux temperature has allowed the isolation of[Ru
2(
5-C
5H
5)
2(
-CO)
2(CO)
2] and three cluster deri
vati
ves, [Ru
6(
3-H)(
5-
2-ampy)(
5-C
5H
5)(
3-CO)(
-CO)
2(CO)
11] (
7), [Ru
6(
3-H)
2(
5-
2-ampy)(
5-C
5H
5)
2(
3-CO)(
-CO)(CO)
9] (
8), and [Ru
5(
5-
2-ampy)(
4-
4-C
10H
10)(
-CO)
2(CO)
10] (
9). Compounds
7 and
8 are hexanuclear and contain one and two terminalcyclopentadienyl ligands, respecti
vely. The pentanuclear deri
vati
ve
9 features an unprecedented
2:
2-enyne ligand that deri
ves from the acti
vation of two adjacent H-C(sp
2) bonds of dicyclopentadiene.With the exception of compounds
6 and
9, the remaining clusters ha
ve the same Ru
6(
5-
2-ampy)framework as compound
1 and ha
ve the apical Ru atom attached to hydrocarbon ligands.