Rhodium(III) and ruthenium(II) complexes with the chiral phosphine-alcohol PH2PCH2CHMeCH2OH. Synthesis and characterisation

Abstract

Reaction of the dinuclear complex [{(eta(5)-C5Me5)RhCl}(2)(mu-Cl)(2)] with the chiral phosphine (R)-Ph2PCH2CHMeCH2OH leads to the complex [{(eta(5)-C5Me5)RhCl2(eta(1)-Ph2PCH2CHMeCH2OH-P)}](1). This reaction, in the presence of AgBF4, yields the cationic compound [{(eta(5)-C5Me5)RhCl(eta(2)-Ph2PCH2CHMeCH2OH-P,O)}]BF4 (2). Variable-temperature H-1 NMR and circular dichroism experiments support the stereoselective eta(2)-chelate coordination of the ligand and the proposed configuration for the metal centre. In a similar way, the reaction of the dimer [{(eta(6)-C6Me6)RuCl}(2)(mu-Cl)(2)] with the ligands (R)- and (S)-Ph2PCH2CHMeCH2OH afford the neutral complexes [(eta(6)-C6Me6)RuCl2{eta(1)-PPh2CH2CHMeCH2OH-P}] [R-ligand (3), S-ligand (4)], which in turn react with AgBF4 to give the cationic compounds [(eta(6)-C6Me6)RuCl{eta(2)-PPh2CH2CHMeCH2OH-P,O}]BF4 [R-ligand (5), S-ligand (6)]. All complexes have been characterised by elemental analysis, IR and multinuclear NMR spectroscopies.