Oxi
dation of the mixe
d-metal c
lusterCp*WRe
2(CCR)(CO)
9 (
1, Cp* =C
5Me
5; R = Ph an
dC(Me)=CH
2) with
dioxygen in so
lution at 100
deg.gif">C affor
dsthe oxo c
lustersCp*W(O)Re
2(CCR)(CO)
8, (
2a, R = Ph; an
d 2b, R =C(Me)=CH
2. Treatment of
2 with CO at 110
deg.gif">C provi
desthe c
lustersCp*W(O)Re
2(CCR)(CO)
9(
4), which revert back to
2 by removal of one COuponthermolysis. Both compoun
ds
2 an
d 4 containan open triangular skeletal arrangement, amultisite boun
d acetyli
de ligan
d, an
d a terminal oxo ligan
d attache
d tothe W atom. Complex
2a reacts with
dihy
drogen to form a mixture of three c
lustercomplexes: the acetyli
de c
lusterCp*WRe
2(
-O)(
-H)
2(CCPh)(CO)
6(
5a), alkenyl c
lusterCp*W(O)Re
2(CHCHPh)(CO)
8(
6a), an
dthe alkyli
dene c
lusterCp*W(O)Re
2(
-H)(CHCH
2Ph)(CO)
8(
7a), which are formally pro
duce
dby a
ddition of two H
2 an
d elimination of two CO molecules,transferring one H
2 to theacetyli
de ligan
d an
d incorporation of one H
2 molecule to
6a, respectively. For thevinylacetyli
de compoun
d 2b, it reacts with
dihy
drogen un
dersimilar con
ditions to furnisha mixture of the above mentione
d c
lusters
5b,
6b,an
d 7b, together with a fourth allenylc
lusterCp*WRe
2(
-O)(CHCCMe
2)(CO)
7(
8), which is probably pro
duce
d through a 1,3-H-migration on the alkenyl ligan
d CH=CHC(Me)=CH
2 in
6b. The X-ray structural analysisof these oxo c
luster compoun
ds, their spectroscopic
data, an
d themechanistic stu
dies of theconversion from acetyli
de c
lusters
2,
4, an
d5 to alkenyl c
lusters
6, alkyli
dene c
lusters
7,an
d allenyl c
luster
8 are presente
d.