V. Cadierno et al., REACTIONS OF NOVEL CATIONIC DIPHENYLALLENYLIDENE COMPLEXES C=CPH2)L2(ETA-C9H7)]-BIS(DIPHENYLPHOSPHINO)ETHANE, DPPE) WITH NEUTRAL AND ANIONIC NUCLEOPHILES( (L = PPH3 L2 = BIS(DIPHENYLPHOSPHINO)METHANE, DPPM OR 1,2), Journal of organometallic chemistry, 474(1-2), 1994, pp. 30000027-30000029
The synthesis of novel allenylideneruthenium(II) complexes [Ru(=C=C=CP
h2)L2(eta-C9H7)] [PF6] [L=PPh3; L2=bis(diphenylphosphino)methane (dppm
) or 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane (dppe)] is described. The alleny
lidene complexes are unreactive towards methanol but other nucleophile
s [PMe3, NaOMe, LiC=CR (R = Ph, n-C3H7)] can be added regioselectively
to the C(gamma) atom to give alkynyl derivatives. [Ru{C=C-CPh2(PMe3)}
(dppm)(eta-C9H7)] [PF6] isomerizes in tetrahydrofuran solution to the
thermodynamically stable product [Ru{C(PMe3)=C=CPh2)(dppm)(eta-C9H7)][
PF6].