FORMATION AND DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF THE TRIANGULAR RHODIUM MU(3)-SULFIDO COMPLEX U(3)-ETA(2)-PARALLEL-TO-C2H2)(MU(3)-S)](2-ASTERISK = ETA(5)-C5ME5), INCLUDING AN ACETYLENE LIGAND GENERATED BY THE COUPLING AND DEPROTONATION OF 2 BRIDGING METHYLENE UNITS IN A DIRHODIUM COMPLEX() (CP)
T. Nishioka et al., FORMATION AND DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF THE TRIANGULAR RHODIUM MU(3)-SULFIDO COMPLEX U(3)-ETA(2)-PARALLEL-TO-C2H2)(MU(3)-S)](2-ASTERISK = ETA(5)-C5ME5), INCLUDING AN ACETYLENE LIGAND GENERATED BY THE COUPLING AND DEPROTONATION OF 2 BRIDGING METHYLENE UNITS IN A DIRHODIUM COMPLEX() (CP), Organometallics, 17(9), 1998, pp. 1637-1639
Deprotonation of the double-bridging mu(2)-CH2 complex [Rh2Cp2(mu(2)-
CH2)(2)(mu(2)-SH)](BPh4) (Cp = eta(5)-C5Me5 with [Rh2Cp2*(mu(2)-OH)(3
)](BPh4) led to the isolation of the trirhodium mu(3)-S complex [Rh3Cp
3(mu(3)-eta(2)-parallel to-C2H2) (mu(3)-S)](BPh4)(2), including an ac
etylene ligand generated by a unique C-C bond coupling and deprotonati
on of two mu(2)-CH2 groups. The dynamic property of the acetylene comp
lex in both solution and the solid state was studied by variable-tempe
rature H-1, C-13, and CP/MAS C-13 NMR spectroscopy.