Substitution of one or two triphenylphosphine ligands of Ru(CO)ClH(PPh3)3 by bidentate diphosphines Ph2P(CH2)nPPh2 (L-L) (n = 1, dppm; n = 2, dppe; n = 3, dppp; n = 4, dppb) or 1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (dppf) led to hydrides Ru(CO)ClH(PPh3)2(L-L) or Ru-(CO)ClH(PPh3)(L-L). The hydrido complexes were characterized spectroscopically and by one X-ray structure. Hydride Ru(CO)ClH(PPh3)(dppf) crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/n, with a = 17.768(1) Å, b = 25.252(2) Å, c = 11.213(1) Å, β = 92.83(1)°, Z = 4, and V = 4459.3(6) Å3. Reaction of Ru(CO)ClH(PPh3)3 or [Ru(CO)H(MeCN)2(PPh3)2]+PF6-with 2 equiv of diphosphines L-L led to [Ru(CO)H(L-L)2]+A- (L-L = dppm, dppe, dppp) (A = Cl, PF6). Hydrides Ru(CO)ClH(PPh3)2(L-L) react with 1-alkynes to give alkenyl complexes Ru(CO)Cl(CH=CHR)(PPh3)(L-L) with a chelating diphosphine ligand. Ru(CO)ClH(PPh3)-(L-L) gave σ-alkynyl complexes Ru(CO)Cl(C≡CR)L(L-L) directly in their reactions with 1-alkynes. The hydride with dppb as the ligand showed the highest reactivity. The preparation of hexacoordinated alkenyl derivatives Ru(CO)Cl(CH=CHR)(PPh3)(L-L) with a chelating diphosphine was carried out by treatment of other alkenyl derivatives with the diphosphines. Surprisingly, reaction of alkenyls Ru(CO)Cl(CH=CHR)(Me2Hpz)(PPh3)2 (R = CMe3, P-MeC6H4) with dppf led to complexes Ru(CO)Cl(CH=CHR)(Me2Hpz)(dppf) by substitution of both PPh3 ligands instead of the dimethylpyrazole. Ruthenium alkenyls Ru-(CO)Cl(CH=CHR)L(dppf) (L = Me2Hpz, PPh3) react cleanly with 1-alkynes at room temperature to give alkynyl complexes Ru(CO)Cl(C=CR)L(dppf) in good yield. This reaction was applied to the synthesis of a bimetallic complex Ru(CO)Cl(PPh3)(dppf)(C≡C-p-C6H 4C≡C)-Ru(CO)Cl(PPh)(dppf) as a mixture of meso and dl diastereomers. © 1994 American Chemical Society.

We gratefully acknowledge sup- port by the Dirección General de Investigación Cientifica y Técnica (DGICYT) (Project PB91-0612-C03-02). We also acknowledge Drs. R. Jimhnez and A. Gutihrrez (Departamento de Quimica Inorglnica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid) for performing some of the 31P NMR spectra.

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