Synthesis of the Stereoisomeric Clusters 1,2-Os3(CO)10(trans-dpmn) and 1,2-Os3(CO)10(cis-dpmn) [where dpmn = 2,3-bis(diphenylphosphinomethyl)-5-norbornene]: DFT Evaluation of the Isomeric Clusters 1,2-Os3(CO)10(dpmn) and Isomer-Dependent Diphosphine Ligand Activation

Li Yang, Vladimir N. Nesterov, Xiaoping Wang, Michael G. Richmond

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Abstract

The bicyclic diphosphines trans- and cis-2,3-bis(diphenylphosphinomethyl)-5-norbornene (dpmn) react with 1,2-Os3(CO)10(MeCN)2 (1) to furnish the corresponding ligand-bridged clusters Os3(CO)10(trans-dpmn) (2) and Os3(CO)10(cis-dpmn) (3). Both new products have been isolated and the molecular structures established by X-ray diffraction analyses. The dihydroxyl-bridged cluster 1,2-Os3(CO)8(µ-OH)2(cis-dpmn) (4), which accompanied the formation of 3 in one reaction, has been isolated and characterized by mass spectrometry and X-ray crystallography. Whereas cluster 2 is stable in toluene at 373 K, 3 is thermally sensitive under identical conditions and undergoes loss of CO (2 equiv), coupled with the activation of three norbornene C–H bonds and one P–C(phenyl) bond, to furnish the dihydride cluster H2Os3(CO)83-2-PhPC-3-endo-Ph2PCH2(C7H7)] (5). The solid-state structure of 5 confirms the multiple activation of the cis-dpmn ligand and accompanying formation of the face-capping 2-PhPC-3-endo-Ph2PCH2(C7H7) moiety in the product. DFT calculations on 2 and 3 indicate that the former cluster is the thermodynamically more stable isomer, and the conversion of 3 → 5 + 2CO + benzene is computed to be exergonic by 12.7 kcal/mol and is entropically favored due to the release of the CO and benzene by-products.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)93-109
Number of pages17
JournalJournal of Cluster Science
Volume26
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2015

Funding

Financial support from the Robert A. Welch Foundation (Grant B-1093-MGR) is greatly appreciated, and X. Wang acknowledges support by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 managed by UT Battelle, LLC. NSF support (CHE-0741936) of the computational facilities at UNT is also acknowledged. MGR thanks Prof. Michael B. Hall (TAMU) for providing us a copy of his JIMP2 program, which was used to prepare the geometry-optimized structures reported here.

Keywords

  • DFT
  • Diphosphine ligand activation
  • Ligand substitution
  • Osmium clusters
  • X-ray crystallography

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