Cyclic Metallophosphines via an Unexpected Series of Metal-Mediated P–C and C–C Bond Rearrangements
Thermal reactions of [Ru<sub>3</sub>(CO)<sub>10</sub>(μ-dppe)] (dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane) and internal alkynes (RC≡CR, R = Ph, Et) afford 52-electron trinuclear clusters which are best considered as comprising an 18-electron cyclic metallophosphine ligand coordinated to a diruthenium center. They result from an unexpected and unprecedented series of metal-mediated ligand transformations, including the double P-Ph cleavage of one end of the diphosphine and capture of each of the resulting phosphinidine and benzyne ligands by the alkyne.
Authors
- Graeme Hogarth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2678-0079)
- Jagodish C. Sarker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9855-894X)
- Shariff E. Kabir
- Mihir L. Bhowmik
- Md. Abdullah Al Mamun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4412-6943)
- Vladimir N. Nesterov
Institutions
- University of North Texas (US)
- King's College London (GB)
- Comilla University (BD)
- Jagannath University (BD)
- Trinity House (GB)
- Jahangirnagar University (BD)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Published
- 2025-09-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c03677
- Primary Topic
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00