Ruthenium(II) ammine and hydrazine complexes with [N(Ph(2)PQ)(2)](-) (Q = S, Se) ligands

Reactions of coordinatively unsaturated Ru[N(Ph(2)PQ)(2)](2)(PPh3) (Q = S ( 1), Se (2)) with pyridine (py), SO2, and NH3 afford the corresponding 18e a dducts Ru[N(Ph(2)PQ)(2)](2)(PPh3)(L) (Q = S, L = NH3 (5); Q = Se, L = py (3 ), SO2 (4), NH3 (6)). The molecular structures of complexes 2 and 6 are det ermined. The geometry around Ru in 2 is pseudo square pyramidal with PPh3 o ccupying the apical position, while that in 6 is pseudooctahedral with PPh3 and NH3 mutually cis. The Ru-P distances in 2 and 6 are 2.2025(11) and 2.2 778(11) Angstrom, respectively. The Ru-N bond length in 6 is 2.185(3) Angst rom. Treatment of 1 or 2 with substituted hydrazines L or NH2OH yields the respective adducts Ru[N(Ph(2)PQ)(2)](2)(PPh3)(L) (Q = S, L = NH2NH2 (12), t -BuNHNH2 (14), l-aminopiperidine (C5H10NNH2) (15); Q = Se, L = PhCONHNH2 (7 ), PhNHNH2 (8), NH2OH (9), t-BuNHNH2 (10), C5H10NNH2 (11), NH2NH2 (13)), wh ich are isolated as mixtures of their trans and cis isomers. The structures of cis-14 and cis-15 are characterized by X-ray crystallography. In both m olecular structures, the ruthenium adopts a pseudooctahedral arrangement wi th PPh3 and hydrazine mutually cis. The Ru-N bond lengths in cis-14 . CH2Cl 2 and cis-15 are 2.152(3) and 2.101(3) Angstrom, respectively. The Ru-N-N b ond angles in cis-14 . CH2Cl2 and cis-15 are 120.5(4) and 129.0(2)degrees, respectively. Treatment of 1 with hydrazine monohydrate leads to the isolat ion of yellow 5 and red trans-Ru[N(Ph2PS)(2)](2)(NH3)(H2O) (16), which are characterized by mass spectrometry, H-1 NMR spectroscopy, and elemental ana lyses. The geometry around ruthenium in 16 is pseudooctahedral with the NH3 and H2O ligands mutually trans. The Ru-O and Ru-N bond distances are 2.118 (4) and 2.142(6) Angstrom, respectively. Oxidation reactions of the above r uthenium hydrazine complexes are also studied.