SYNTHESES OF MIXED-METAL SULFIDE CUBANE-TYPE CLUSTERS WITH THE NOVEL PDMO3S4 CORE AND REACTIVITIES OF THE UNIQUE TETRAHEDRAL PD SITE SURROUNDED BY SULFIDE LIGANDS TOWARD ALKENES, CO, (T)BUNC, AND ALKYNES
T. Murata et al., SYNTHESES OF MIXED-METAL SULFIDE CUBANE-TYPE CLUSTERS WITH THE NOVEL PDMO3S4 CORE AND REACTIVITIES OF THE UNIQUE TETRAHEDRAL PD SITE SURROUNDED BY SULFIDE LIGANDS TOWARD ALKENES, CO, (T)BUNC, AND ALKYNES, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 116(8), 1994, pp. 3389-3398
An incomplete cubane-type cluster Mo3S4(H2O)(9)Cl-4 (1) reacted with
Pd black in aqueous HCl to give a mixed-metal cubane-type cluster Pd
Mo3S4(H2O)(9)ClCl-3 (2). Treatment of 2 with 3.3 equiv of 1,4,7-triaz
acyclononane (tacn) afforded a well-defined single cubane-type cluster
PdMo3S4(tacn)(3)ClCl-3 (3), while an anion metathesis of 2 by 4-tol
uenesulfonate (TsO) resulted in the formation of a double cubane-type
cluster Pd2Mo6S8(H2O)(18) (OTs)(8) (4). Detailed structures of both
3 and 4 have been determined by X-ray crystallography. Crystal data fo
r 3.4H(2)O: orthorhombic, space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), a = 17.549(3) Ang
strom, b = 20.032(4) Angstrom, c = 10.256(2) Angstrom, V = 3605 Angstr
om(3), Z = 4, and R (R(w)) = 0.051 (0.062) for 4014 reflections. For 4
.24H(2)O: triclinic, space group P1, a = 15.799(4) Angstrom, b = 18.07
9(6) Angstrom, c = 11.873(1) Angstrom, alpha = 108.75(2)degrees, beta
= 108.73(1)degrees, gamma = 70.87(3)degrees, V = 2944 Angstrom(3), Z =
1, R (R(w)) = 0.028 (0.036) for 10 089 reflections. Cluster 3 was con
verted into a series of single cubane-type clusters PdMo3S4(tacn)(3)(
L)(4+) containing alkenes, CO, and (t)BuNC coordinated to the tetrahe
dral Pd site, by the initial anion exchange forming PdMo3S4(tacn)(3)C
lX(3) (8a, X = ClO4; 8b, X = BF4; 8c, X = PF6) followed by treatment
with these molecules. The alkene cluster PdMo3S4(tacn)(3)(cis-HOCH2CH
=CHCH2OH)(ClO4)(4) (5a') and the carbonyl cluster PdMo3S4(tacn)(3)(C
O)Cl(ClO4)(3) (6a) have been fully characterized by X-ray analyses. C
rystal data for 5a'.2H(2)O: monoclinic, space group P2(1)/m, a = 12.31
4(1) Angstrom, b = 12.732(2) Angstrom, c = 15.736(2) Angstrom, beta =
94.01(1)degrees, V = 2461 Angstrom(3), Z = 2, R (R(w)) = 0.068 (0.081)
for 2743 reflections. For 6a.3H(2)O: orthorhombic, space group Pbca,
a = 15.485(13) Angstrom, b = 23.900(6) Angstrom, c = 23.326(7) Angstro
m, V = 8633 Angstrom(3), Z = 8, and R (R(w)) = 0.061 (0.069) for 7761
reflections. Interestingly, cluster 8c catalyzes the reaction of a ser
ies of alkynic acid esters R(2)C-CCOOR(1) with alcohols R(3)OH to give
the trans addition products (Z)-(R(3)O)R(2)C=CHCOOR(1) (R(1) = Me, Et
, (t)Bu, Ph, R(2) = H, R(3) = Me; R(1) = R(3) = Me, R(2) = COOMe, Me;
R(1) = Ph, R(2) = Et, R(3) = Me; R(1) = Me, R(2) = H, R(3) = Et, PhCH(
2)) with quite high selectivity under mild conditions with retention o
f the cluster core.