Synthesis, structure, electronic properties and thermal behavior of butadiynyl substituted phenylCr(CO)3-complexes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(03)00708-3

Butadiynyl-substituted η⁶-benzeneCr(CO)₃ complexes 3 are very efficiently prepared by a copper catalyzed coupling of the phenylacetylene complex 1 and bromo alkynes 2. The transmission of electronic effects through the butadiynyl bridge operates by resonance mechanisms as established by correlations between Hammett's σ_p, σ_R and σ _P⁺ parameters. Most interestingly, however, is an unusual thermal behavior that leads to intractable paramagnetic polymers of unknown structure. According to thermal analyses (thermal gravimetrical analysis, differential scanning calorimetry) the complexes 3 react in a thermal solid-state reaction under CO extrusion to give amorphous cross-linked polymers.

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Synthesis, structure, electronic properties and thermal behavior of
butadiynyl substituted phenylCr(CO)3-complexes
Thomas J. J. Muller *, Janet Blumel
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Organisch-Chemisches Institut der Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Received 8 July 2003
Abstract
Butadiynyl-substituted h6-benzeneCr(CO)3 complexes 3 are very efficiently prepared by a copper catalyzed coupling of the
phenylacetylene complex 1 and bromo alkynes 2. The transmission of electronic effects through the butadiynyl bridge operates by
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resonance mechanisms as established by correlations between Hammett’s sp, sR and sP parameters. Most interestingly, however, is
an unusual thermal behavior that leads to intractable paramagnetic polymers of unknown structure. According to thermal analyses
(thermal gravimetrical analysis, differential scanning calorimetry) the complexes 3 react in a thermal solid-state reaction under CO
extrusion to give amorphous cross-linked polymers.
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Keywords: Arene complexes; Butadiynes; Chromium compounds; Substituent effects; Thermolysis
1. Introduction
carbonyl arene complexes the organometallic auxo-
chrome, i.e. the chromiumtricarbonyl phenyl fragment,
behaves in an electronically amphoteric manner [4d]. In
agreement with the electrochemical behavior [5,6] and
depending on the electronic nature of the auxochrome at
the other terminus the chromium complex fragment
either acts as a donor or as an acceptor. Since
butadiynes, the higher homologues of alkynes, can be
polymerized thermally or photochemically in a topo-
chemical solid-state reaction to give 1,4-disubstituted
polydiacetylenes [7], butadiynes bearing chromiumcar-
bonyl fragments additionally appear to be suitable
monomer precursors for polydiacetylenes with redox-
switchable side chains [8]. Furthermore, the carbon
monoxide ligands of chromium complexes can be ex-
changed photo- [9] and electrochemically [10] by suitable
s-donor ligands or labile donor solvent molecules that
can easily be liberated and lead to cluster forming
reactions [11]. Therefore, the triple bonds in butadiynyl
substituted complexes could as well act as coordinating
ligands [12]. Here, we wish to report the synthesis,
structure and electronic properties and the thermal
behavior of the butadiynyl substituted h6-phenyl chro-
miumtricarbonyl complexes.
Carbon rich organic and organometallic compounds
are suitable precursors and building blocks for novel
carbon allotropes that are theoretically and from a
materials science point of view highly interesting, yet,
their syntheses remain an ongoing challenge [1]. In
particular, the steady flow of ground breaking contribu-
tions in the chemistry of polyalkynylated h4-cyclobuta-
dienyl and h5-cyclopentadienyl complexes by Bunz [2]
has opened new pathways to novel topologies of carbon
allotropes supported by transition metal fragments.
Furthermore, these systems also showed remarkable
materials properties such as liquid crystalline behavior
[3]. Over the past years, we have investigated the
chemistry of h6-arene chromiumtricarbonyl complexes
bearing unsaturated side chains with respect to their
syntheses, reactivity and photonic properties [4]. Most
interestingly, in alkynylated and alkenylated chromium-
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Muller).
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2. Results and discussion
Retrosynthetically, the Cadiotꢁ
[13] of ethynylated chromium complexes and bromo
alkynes represents the logical and most flexible strategy
to butadiynyl substituted complexes. Based upon our
efficient route to alkynyl substituted (arene)Cr(CO)3-
complexes [4h,14] and starting from the chromiumtri-
multiplicities. In the 13C-NMR spectra the most char-
acteristic signals are the carbonyl resonances (Table 1)
that appear in a small window between d 232.8 and
233.3 in accord with the electronic nature of the remote
substituent at Cd. The correlation analysis (Table 2) of
the carbonyl shifts with various Hammett parameters
/
Chodkiewicz coupling
ꢀ
reveals excellent correlations for sp, sR and sP , and a
pretty poor correlation for sI (Table 2). This can be
reasonably well interpreted as a dominant contribution
of resonance mechanisms for the transmission of
electronic effects through the butadiynyl bridge, i.e. by
the stabilization of positive charge density. The carbon
resonances of the complexed phenyl rings of 3 are
assigned by CH correlation spectroscopy and they are
considerably shifted to higher field as compared to those
of the free ligands 4 and appear in the region between d
86.5 and 98.5. Interestingly, as already found for the
carbonyl resonances, good correlations can be estab-
carbonyl complexed phenyl acetylene (1) the Cadiotꢁ
/
Chodkiewicz coupling with bromo acetylenes 2 gives rise
to the formation of butadiynylated complexes 3 in
excellent yields as yellow orange to red crystalline solids
(Scheme 1). Likewise and for comparison the free
ligands 4 were synthesized analogously with phenyl
acetylene as coupling partner. The copper-mediated
Eglinton coupling of 1 or phenyl acetylene furnishes
the doubly h6-complexed 1,4-diphenyl butadiyne 3e [4h]
and the free ligand 1,4-diphenyl butadiyne (4b) almost
quantitatively as orange (3e) and colorless crystals (4b),
respectively.
ꢀ
lished between sp or sP , resp., and d(Cipso), d(Cpara),
and the Dp values. As also reflected by the positive
The structure of the complexes 3 is unambiguously
supported by spectroscopic and combustion analytical
1
data. In the H-NMR spectra of the complexes 3 the
Dp values (Dpꢂ
/
dparaꢃdmeta) [15] the overall electronic
/
effect of the butadiynyl fragment is moderately electron
withdrawing in its nature. However, more difficult is the
unambiguous assignment of the resonances of the four
alkyne carbon atoms Ca to Cd. A thorough comparison
of the complexing chemical shifts (CCS) of the Ca and
Cb signals, both in direct proximity to the complexed
phenyl rings, reveals that they are shifted upfield by Dd
signals of complexed arene protons can easily be
identified by their upfield shift to the region between d
5.5 and 6.0. In most cases these protons are reasonably
well resolved and can be assigned by the characteristic
splitting pattern (triplet, doublet of doublets, and
doublet). The uncomplexed arene and ferrocenyl pro-
tons give rise to the expected sets of signals and
3.0ꢁ
/
3.4 and 0.5ꢁ0.8, respectively. This upfield shift can
/
be rationalized by the electronic back-donation exerted
Scheme 1. Synthesis of butadiynyl substituted chromiumcarbonyl arene complexes 3 and their free ligands 4 by Cadiotꢁ
/Chodkiewicz and Eglinton
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Table 1
Selected 13C-NMR data (recorded in the experimental Me2SO-d6, 75 MHz, 25 8C) of the complexes 3 and the free ligands 4, complexing chemical
shifts (CCSꢂ
/
dcomplex
ꢃ
/
dligand), Dp values (Dpꢂ
/
dpara
ꢃ
/
dmeta), and HammettꢁTaft parameters of the corresponding substituents
/
ꢀ
CO
Cpara
Cmeta
Cortho
Cipso
Dp
Ca
Cb
Cg
Cd
sp
0.78
sI
sR
0.15
sP
3a
4a
232.8
95.3
130.7
93.3
129.2
98.5
132.8
86.5
120.0
2.0
1.5
81.0
84.4
3.4
80.2
77.9
0.8
77.1
79.9
2.8
72.1
73.1
1.0
0.63
0.79
ꢁ/
CCS
3b
ꢃ
/
35.4
ꢃ
/
35.9
ꢃ
/
34.3
ꢃ
/
33.5
ꢃ
/
ꢃ
/
ꢃ
/
ꢃ
/
233.0
95.0
130.2
93.5
129.1
98.3
132.6
87.7
120.6
1.5
1.1
78.6
82.0
73.0
73.7
72.8
73.7
82.6
82.0
0.6
ꢃ
/
0.01
0.30
0.83
0.10
0.12
0.10
ꢃ
/
0.11
0.42
0.93
ꢃ
/
0.18
1.00
1.70
4b
ꢁ/
CCS
3c
ꢃ
/
35.2
ꢃ
/
35.6
ꢃ
/
34.3
ꢃ
/
32.9
ꢃ
/
3.4
ꢃ
/
0.7
ꢃ0.9
/
233.1
94.7
129.6
93.7
128.9
98.0
132.2
88.8
121.0
1.0
0.7
75.6
79.0
74.0
74.6
70.2
72.0
84.0
83.0
1.0
ꢃ/
ꢃ/
ꢃ/
4c
ꢁ/
CCS
3d
ꢃ
/
34.9
ꢃ
/
35.2
ꢃ
/
34.2
ꢃ
/
32.2
ꢃ
/
3.4
ꢃ
/
0.6
ꢃ1.8
/
233.3
94.6
129.7
93.8
129.0
98.0
132.3
89.2
121.3
0.8
0.7
77.8
81.2
71.6
72.1
74.2
74.7
85.1
84.3
0.8
ꢃ/
ꢃ/
ꢃ/
4d
ꢁ/
CCS
3e
ꢃ
/
35.1
ꢃ
/
35.2
ꢃ
/
34.3
ꢃ
/
32.1
ꢃ
/
3.4
ꢃ
/
0.5
ꢃ0.5
/
232.8
95.2
130.2
35.1
93.3
129.1
35.2
98.4
132.6
34.3
86.7
120.6
32.1
1.9
1.1
79.0
82.0
72.1
73.7
72.1
73.7
79.0
82.0
ꢁ
/
ꢁ/
ꢁ
/
ꢁ
/
4b
CCS
ꢁ/
ꢃ
/
ꢃ
/
ꢃ
/
ꢃ
/
ꢃ
/
3.0
ꢃ
/
1.6
ꢃ
/
1.6
ꢃ/3.0
resonances in the solid-state correspond to the d(13C) in
solution very well, with maximal deviations of less than
Dd 0.5. Interestingly, the signals of the acetylene
carbons at d 71.8 and 78.5 (solution: d 72.1 and 79.0)
have very small halfwidths (79 and 59 Hz), as well as the
quaternary carbon resonance at d 87.1 (70 Hz) (solu-
tion: 86.7). In contrast to this, the non-quaternary
carbon resonances of the phenyl moieties display a
broad signal at about d 96. This could be perhaps the
result of some sort of disorder in the solid state.
Alternatively, the effect could be due to an interference
of the proton decoupling frequency with the frequency
of a dynamic, out-of-plane wagging type process of the
phenyl rings. This assumption is corroborated by the
result that simple high-power decoupling gives the same
appearance of the spectrum as the CP measurement. In
the case of chromocenes this line-broadening effect of
proton decoupling on non-quaternary carbon signals
has been investigated and described before [19]. Un-
fortunately, with the obtained signal-to-noise ratio, the
carbonyl resonances, which can also be expected to have
low intensity because of their large chemical shift
anisotropy [20] could not be assigned unequivocally.
However, in addition to the expected 13C resonances,
there is one more isotropic line at d 174.4 with a small
halfwidth of 147 Hz. We tentatively assign the signal to
free CO or CO attached to the solid by weak interac-
tions, which might be liberated from 3e by the slightly
higher temperature in the rotor due to friction effects
while spinning [19], or due to the mechanical stress. The
Table 2
Correlation coefficients r2 of selected linear regression analyses
between Hammettꢁ
/
Taft parameters and selected 13C-NMR reso-
nances of the complexes 3 (see Table 1)
d(CO)
Cipso
Cpara
Cd
Dp
sp
sI
r2ꢂ0.987 r2ꢂ
/
/
0.952 r2ꢂ
/
0.946 r2ꢂ
/
0.873 r2ꢂ
/
0.952
0.692
0.890
0.986
r2ꢂ0.647 r2ꢂ
0.969 r2ꢂ
0.980 r2ꢂ
/
/
0.717 r2ꢂ
0.873 r2ꢂ
0.981 r2ꢂ
/
0.701 r2ꢂ
0.875 r2ꢂ
0.980 r2ꢂ
/
0.967 r2ꢂ
0.635 r2ꢂ
0.814 r2ꢂ
/
sR r2ꢂ
/
/
/
/
/
ꢀ
sP
r2ꢂ
/
/
/
/
/
by the proximal chromium carbonyl tripod. Further-
more, the remote substituent effect is almost parallel for
complexed and free ligand systems. In contrast, the
corresponding CCS of the Cg and Cd resonances more
directly experience the electronic influence of the
adjacent substituents at Cd by mechanisms operating
predominantly through inductive effects.
Besides solution NMR, solid-state NMR spectro-
scopy is nowadays a powerful method to investigate
polycrystalline and amorphous materials. For example,
recently both bis(benzene)chromium [16] and (arene)tri-
carbonylchromium [17] and materials derived thereof
2
have been thoroughly investigated by 13C and H solid-
state NMR spectroscopy. The solid-state 13C-NMR
spectrum of 3e, recorded with optimized cross polariza-
tion (CP) [18] with 10 kHz rotational speed is displayed
in Fig. 1. The rotational sidebands were distinguished
from the isotropic lines by changing the spinning
frequency to 4 kHz. The chemical shifts of the carbon

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Fig. 1. 100.6 MHz 13C CP/MAS-NMR spectrum of 3e, recorded with a spinning speed of 10 kHz. The low-intensity peaks at d 190, 177 and 171 are
rotational sidebands. For further details of the measurement see text and experimental section.
13C chemical shift of this CO resonance is not too far off
from the value for solid CO with about d 181 [20], and
the narrow line indicates a high mobility of the species
[21]. Furthermore, the thermal behavior of 3e corrobo-
rates the assumption that traces of CO are liberated
from the sample during the measurement.
According to the X-ray structure analysis of the
symmetrical homometallic binuclear complex 3e the
chromiumtricarbonyl tripods are almost perfectly ar-
ranged anti parallel to each other (Fig. 2). The Cr(CO)3
fragments adopt syn-eclipsed conformations and the
intramolecular distance of the chromium atoms is 1011
pm. In the unit cell the molecules of 3e (Fig. 3) display
two different structural features. Along the b-axis the
molecules are arranged anti parallel with respect to the
chromium fragments, whereas they are oriented parallel
along the a-axis. Thus, the intermolecular distance
between adjacent molecules aligned on the b-axis is
360 pm, which lies within the margins required for
topochemical polymerizations [7]. Most interestingly,
the intermolecular chromium distances to the next
Fig. 3. Unit cell of 3e (hydrogen atoms were omitted for clarity).
neighboring molecules range between 581 and 834 pm
and places the chromiumcarbonyl tripods in a favorable
proximity for cluster forming intermolecular solid-state
reactions.
The electronic spectra of the butadiynyl substituted
complexes 3 were recorded in dimethylsulfoxide. Most
characteristically, the longest wavelength absorptions
(Table 3) have small extinction coefficients and are
Fig. 2. ORTEP plot of 3e. Selected bond lengths [pm]: Cr(1)Ã
C(centroid) 172, C(4)ÃC(9) 142.1(7), C(8)ÃC(9) 137.5(8), C(9)ÃC(10)
143.1(6), C(10)ÃC(11) 118.1(7), C(11)ÃC(11A) 138.5(10), Cr(1)Ã
Cr(1A) 1011(0).
/
assigned [22,23] to the metal-to-ligand charge transfer
(MLCT) bands, whereas close-by higher energy absorp-
tions have higher extinction coefficients and can be
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Table 3
IL (intraligand pꢁ
/
p*) and MLCT (metal-to-ligand charge transfer) UVꢁ
/
vis transitions (recorded in DMSO at 20 8C) of the complexes 3 and selected
linear regression analyses (correlation coefficients r2) with Hammettꢁ
/
Taft parameters
IL (cmꢃ1) (nm)
MLCT (cmꢃ1) (nm)
IL
MLCT
3a
3b
3c
3d
3e
31 300 (320)
31 300 (320)
31 100 (322)
28 800 (347)
30 300 (330)
23 000 (434)
24 100 (415)
24 300 (411)
24 400 (410)
23 300 (430)
sp
sI
r2ꢂ
/
0.591
0.147
0.805
0.599
0.490
r2ꢂ
r2ꢂ
r2ꢂ
r2ꢂ
r2ꢂ
/
0.880
0.959
0.649
0.829
0.859
r2ꢂ
r2ꢂ
r2ꢂ
r2ꢂ
/
/
sR
/
/
ꢀ
sP
/
/
Dp
/
/
regarded as intra ligand (IL) transition bands. Accord-
ing to the perpendicular orientation of the transition
dipole moment to the molecular main dipole axis the
MLCT transition band is expected to be smaller in its
intensity [22]. The strong absorption bands in the region
between 320 and 347 nm presumably arise from pꢁp* as
/
well as from ligand-to-metal (LM) and ILCT transi-
tions. Surprisingly, there is only a good correlation
between sI and the MLCT energies, presumably, due to
a dominance of the electronic field effect transmitted
through the s-framework of the complexes.
Scheme 2. Synthesis of the fully metallated butadiyne complex 5.
resolved and shows the expected shifts for the com-
plexed arene protons as broad signals between d 5.6 and
6.0. However, in the 13C-NMR spectrum the character-
istic signals for the complexed phenyl carbon nuclei can
be readily assigned by their relative intensity and their
appearance in the DEPT spectra.
It is very difficult to obtain reliable electrochemical
data for the oxidation of 3 by cyclic voltammetry. Only
for the ferrocenyl compound 3c distinct oxidations can
be detected in the anodic region up to 1.4 V. At EOp xꢂ
/
With the exception of the ortho-phenyl nuclei, pre-
sumably, as a consequence of the congested steric bulk
of the adjacent dicobalthexacarbonyl cluster substituent,
all other complexed phenyl and alkynyl carbon reso-
nances are affected by the cobaltcarbonyl complexation
of the butadiynyl substituent and appear shifted down-
field (Table 4). Most characteristically, two resonances
of the quaternary carbonyl nuclei can be detected at d
197.9 for the 12 chemically and magnetically equivalent
cobalt-bound carbonyl ligands and at d 232.9 (3e: d
232.8) for the two free rotating chromiumcarbonyl
tripods.
Expectedly, the IR spectrum is dominated by the
appearance of the strong CO stretching vibrations of the
dicobalthexacarbonyl fragments at 2089, 2065, 2044,
2030 and 2010 cmꢃ1, and of the chromiumtricarbonyl
moieties at 1964 and 1897 cmꢃ1. Although, the domi-
740 mV (shoulder) and 1180 mV two oxidation events
are found together with the corresponding reduction
waves at ERp edꢂ
880 and 350 mV (both are shoulders).
/
Although, it is difficult to extract any thermodynamic
and more detailed electrochemical parameters it is very
likely that the first oxidation occurs at the ferrocene
center (ferrocene: E00/ꢀ1ꢂ
450 mV) [24], yet, consider-
/
ably shifted anodically as a consequence of coinciding
electron-withdrawing nature of the phenyl chromium-
tricarbonyl and the butadiynyl fragment. Also, the
second oxidation event is considerably shifted to more
positive potentials compared to (benzene)Cr(CO)3
(E00/ꢀ1ꢂ
830 mV) [24] as a consequence of the elec-
/
tron-withdrawing nature of the ferrocenium-type sub-
stituent. A similar electrochemical behavior has been
observed for a heterobimetallic ethenylbridged (h6-
phenyl)Cr(CO)3-ferrocenyl dyad [25].
Furthermore, the butadiynyl substituted (h6-aryl)
chromiumcarbonyl complexes 3 are highly unsaturated
ligands for further complexation. Therefore, the doubly
h6-complexed 1,4-diphenyl butadiyne 3e was reacted
with dicobaltoctacarbonyl to give the hexanuclear fully
metallated butadiyne complex 5 in 68% yield as black
micro crystals (Scheme 2).
The structure of 5 was unambiguously supported by
spectroscopic and combustion analytical data, in parti-
cular, by the characteristic appearance of a single set of
signals in the NMR spectra as a consequence of the
highly symmetric solution structure. The 1H-NMR
spectrum of the hexanuclear complex 5 is not very well
nant absorption in the UVꢁ/vis spectrum of 5 stems from
the pꢁp* transition within the hydrocarbon ligand the
/
dark color of this compound can be easily explained by
the long tail of the absorption band onto the NIR with
significant shoulders at 410 and 560 nm, that arise from
chromium to ligand and cobalt to ligand CT transitions,
respectively.
Finally, we were interested in the thermal solid-state
reactivity of butadiynyl substituted complexes 3 with
their inherent dichotomy to react either as a diyne in the
sense of a topochemical solid-state polymerization to
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Table 4
13C-NMR data (recorded in Me2SO-d6, 75 MHz, 25 8C) of the hexanuclear (5) and the dinuclear complex (3e), and complexing chemical shifts
(CCSꢂdcomplex dligand
/
ꢃ/
)
CrCO
CoCO
197.9
Cpara
Cmeta
Cortho
Cipso
Ca
Cb
5
3e
232.9
232.8
0.1
98.0
95.2
2.8
98.9
93.3
5.6
90.1
98.4
110.7
86.7
24.0
96.4
79.0
17.4
91.8
72.1
19.7
CCS
ꢃ/8.3
the sense of cross-linking polycluster formation initiated
by a dissociation of carbon monoxide ligands.
The results of the thermal analyses of the complexes
3b, 3c and 3e with differential scanning calorimetry
weight loss in the TGA was assigned to a cross-linking
of the polymer chains after CO extrusion [12b], a similar
behavior can be assumed for the complexes 3b and 3c,
and thus, a cross-linking polymerization of 3b and 3c
could furnish polymeric clusters with the proposed
structures 6 and 7 (Fig. 7).
(DSC; Figs. 4ꢁ6) and thermal gravimetrical analysis
/
(TGA) under an atmosphere of nitrogen reveal an
interesting thermal behavior (Table 5). In all cases
reactions with a strong exothermic heat flow take place
at 165, 175 and 185 8C, respectively. For the phenyl
substituted complex 3b this peculiar reaction clearly
occurs in the melt (3b: m.p. 131 8C) whereas the
bimetallic compounds 3c and 3e undergo the thermo-
lysis in the solid state. According to the weight loss in
the TGA measurements this exothermic process can be
interpreted as an extrusion of one molecule of carbon
monoxide per formula unit for 3b and 3c with a
concomitant cluster formation, whereas compound 3e
presumably loses four equivalents of carbon monoxide
at a peak maximum of 180 8C and a further equivalent is
expelled at 206 8C.
The comparison of the IR spectra of 3e and its solid,
black thermolysis product 8 (as obtained from a DSC
experiment) clearly shows that the thermal reaction
leads to a loss of the chromium complexed carbonyl
ligands (Fig. 8). Simultaneously, a moderated and an
intense unstructured absorption band at 1408 and 570
cmꢃ1, respectively, can be detected in the spectrum of 6.
In particular, the broad vibration band at 570 cmꢃ1 can
be tentatively assigned to bonds between unsaturated
carbon centers and chromium atoms. On the other hand
the two absorptions at 756 and 698 cmꢃ1 can be
assigned unequivocally to the presence of uncomplexed
phenyl rings. Thus, from the vibration spectrum of 8 a
cluster-like structure can be deduced. However, as the
comparison of the powder diffraction spectra of 3e and
8 clearly shows (Fig. 9), the black powder of 8 is highly
amorphous and, it is yet not possible to propose a
conclusive structure for the thermolysis product 8.
Thus, the thermolyses of 3c and 3e were performed on
a preparative scale at 200 8C (3c) and 215 8C (3e),
respectively, to furnish in both cases black amorphous
This weight loss of the butadiynyl complexes 3 upon
thermolysis is a behavior that significantly deviates from
ordinary butadiyne derivatives, which are known to
polymerize in a topochemical reaction if the solid-state
requirements are fulfilled [7].
In analogy to thermal analyses on chromiumcarbonyl
complexed poly(phenylene ethynylenes), where the
Fig. 4. DSC traces of complex 3b (heating rate: 10 K minꢃ1 under nitrogen).

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Fig. 5. DSC traces of complex 3c (heating rate: 10 K minꢃ1 under nitrogen).
powders that were insoluble in common organic solvents
(e.g. THF, toluene, dichloromethane, chloroform, ace-
tone, DMSO, methanol) and water (Scheme 3).
tion analyses clearly indicate that a considerable amount
of the hydrocarbon ligand is present in the novel
amorphous material.
These results are corroborated by the 13C solid-state
NMR investigation of 8. No signal can be obtained with
CP [18] or other high-power decoupling sequences.
According to our experience [19] this is an indication
that the proton relaxation is too fast for efficient
magnetization transfer. So, there must be paramagnetic
species present in the sample. Single pulse sequences
with high-power decoupling also did not give a signal
even after 6000 transients. This could either be due to an
interference of the proton decoupling frequency with
some motional process (see above) [19], or, more
probable, simply be the result of too low intensity of a
very broad signal. Indeed, applying 100 000 scans of a
single-pulse sequence without proton decoupling and
In both cases, according to IR spectra of the reaction
products (Fig. 10) residual traces of chromiumtricarbo-
nyl complexes are enclosed as detected by the character-
istic A1 and E carbonyl vibration bands at 1969 and
1895 (3c) and 1971 and 1901 cmꢃ1 (3e), respectively.
Presumably, in contrast to analytical measurements
(DSC, TGA) longer reaction times are necessary for a
complete conversion of bulk material. Yet, the combus-
Scheme 3. Preparative thermolysis of 3c and 3e.
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DSC parameters (Ttransition, heat flow: negative: exothermic; positive:
endothermic) and TGA of the complexes 3b, 3c and 3e
paramagnetic compounds [19]. Analogous results have
1
been obtained with H MAS measurements, done also
with a short relaxation delay of 200 ms. No paramag-
1
netic H-NMR signals are visible in the spectrum, but
the fast proton relaxation together with a chemical shift
of the resonance of about Dd 6, which does not change
with the spinning speed and thus with the temperature,
again indicates uncomplexed phenyl groups close to
paramagnetic centers.
3. Conclusion
Chromiumtricarbonyl complexed phenyl acetylene
and 1-bromo alkynes can be very efficiently coupled
by applying the copper-catalyzed CadiotꢁChodkiewicz
/
reaction to furnish butadiynyl substituted tricarbonyl-
h6-benzene-chromium(0) complexes 3 in excellent yields.
In these complexes the substituent effects at the remote
end of the butadiynyl side chain are efficiently trans-
mitted through the bridge even to chromiumcarbonyl
tripod by resonance mechanisms as established by
excellent correlations between Hammett’s sp, sR and
sP parameters and selected 13C-NMR shifts. Interest-
ꢀ
ingly, the transmission of substituent effects for the
electronic excitation of the MLCT bands occurs through
the s-framework of the molecules as shown by the
correlation with sI parameters. Therefore, butadiynyl
substituted complexes are highly interesting new chro-
mophores and electrophores, that additionally can act as
cluster forming ligands upon reaction with unsaturated
complex fragments. Most interesting, however, is their
unusal thermal behavior that leads to intractable para-
magnetic polymers of unknown structure. Future stu-
dies will address the structure elucidation and the
magnetic and electric properties of these novel solids
that can be obtained form well-defined molecular
complexes.
Fig. 7. Proposed structures of the thermolysis products 6 (from 3b)
and 7 (from 3c).
with a short pulse delay of 200 ms gives a very broad
symmetrical signal with a halfwidth of about 3 kHz at d
129. Due to the presence of a large range of rotational
sidebands spanning from about d ꢃ200 to 600, one can
/
4. Experimental
exclude the assumption that it might be a background
signal from the probehead. Furthermore, the signal
from the KelF rotor cap would be of a different shape
and of low intensity under the applied measurement
conditions. Therefore, we assume that the signal stems
from uncomplexed phenyl carbons, which also corro-
borates the IR results. The fast relaxation of the carbon
nuclei again indicates that there must be paramagnetic
centers in close proximity. However, no resonances
outside the diamagnetic region could be detected, which
rules out the possibility of paramagnetic benzenechro-
mium-type species [19]. This finding is also corroborated
by the fact that the chemical shift of the resonance at d
129 does not change with the spinning speed and thus
the sample temperature, as it is usually observed for
All reactions involving tricarbonylchromium com-
plexes were carried out in flame-dried Schlenk flasks
under nitrogen by using septum and syringe techniques.
Solvents were dried and distilled according to standard
procedures [26]. Column chromatography: silica gel 60
(Merck, Darmstadt), mesh 70ꢁ230. TLC: silica gel
/
plates (60 F254 Merck, Darmstadt). Melting points
(uncorrected values): Reichert-Jung Thermovar and
Buchi Melting Point B-540. The h6-phenylacetylene
¨
complex 1 was prepared by a previously published
procedure [4h]. The bromo alkynes 2a [27] and 2b [28]
were prepared according to literature methods and the
bromo alkynes 2c and 2d were synthesized by lithiation
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Fig. 8. IR spectra (recorded in KBr, 20 8C) of complex 3e (top) and its thermolysis product 8 (bottom).
ꢃ
/
78 8C of the corresponding terminal alkynes. Cop-
signal of the external standard adamantane to d 29.47
[29]. Adamantane was also used to optimize the pulse
per(I) chloride, hydroxylamine hydrochloride, and ethy-
lamine were purchased from Merck and used without
1
powers for the HartmannꢁHahn condition. The poly-
/
further purification. The H- and 13C-NMR spectra of
crystalline 3e and amorphous 8 were thoroughly grinded
and densely packed into 4 mm ZrO2 rotors equipped
with KelF caps. The rotational sidebands were distin-
guished from the isotropic lines by changing the
liquids were measured with the instruments Bruker
ARX 300 and Varian VXR 400S. If not stated other-
wise, Me2SO-d6 was used as the solvent. The assign-
ments of quaternary C, CH, CH2 and CH3 has been
made by using DEPT spectra.
spinning speeds (4ꢁ10 kHz). Further details of the
/
measurements are given in the text.
The solid-state NMR spectra were recorded on a fully
digital Bruker Avance 400 NMR spectrometer equipped
with a 4 mm MAS probehead. The recycle delay was 6 s
for CP [18] and high-power decoupling pulse programs,
and 200 ms for single-pulse sequences without proton
decoupling. For CP a contact time of 5 ms was applied,
and the spectra were referenced by setting the high-field
IR: Perkin Elmer Models Lambda 16. MS: Finnigan
MAT 90 and MAT 95 Q. Differential Scanning
Calorimeter: DuPont 912 DS-DSC, LNCA-II probe.
Thermal balances: Perkin Elmer TGA-2, heating rate:
10 K minꢃ1 under nitrogen. Elemental analyses were
carried out in the Microanalytical Laboratories of the
Institut fur Organische Chemie, Technische Hochschule
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Fig. 9. Powder diffraction spectra (l(Cuꢁ
/
Ka)ꢂ
/
1.54060 A, Debyeꢁ
/Scherrer scanning mode) of complex 3e (top) and its thermolysis product 8
(bottom).
Darmstadt, and the Department Chemie, Ludwig-Max-
imilians-Universitat Munchen.
1.86 to 22.988. The structure was solved by direct
methods and refined anisotropically on F2 (programs
SHELXS-86, SHELXL-93, G.M. Sheldrick, University of
¨
¨
X-ray structure determination of compound 3e:
C22H10Cr2O6, Mꢂ474.32, monoclinic, space group
P21/c, aꢂ1118.2(4), bꢂ719.8(4), cꢂ1251.4(2) pm,
aꢂ90, bꢂ101.09(2), gꢂ908, Vꢂ
0.9884(7) nm3, Zꢂ
2, l(MoꢁKa)ꢂ 1.594
1.11 mmꢃ1, Dx ꢂ
mg mꢃ3, F(0 0 0)ꢂ
476, Tꢂ297(2) K. An orange
platelet with the dimensions 0.65ꢄ0.175ꢄ0.025 mm
/
Gottingen). Hydrogen atoms were geometrically posi-
¨
tioned. The final wR(F2) for all reflections was 0.1341,
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
with conventional R(F) [I ꢀ2s(I)] of 0.0582 for 156
/
˚
/
/
0.71093 A, mꢂ
/
/
parameters. Crystallographic data (excluding structure
factors) for the structures reported in this paper have
been deposited with the Cambridge Crystallographic
Data Centre. Copies of the data can be obtained free of
charge on application to The Director, CCDC 100553,
/
/
/
/
was mounted on a capillary and transferred to an Enraf-
Nonius CAD4 diffractometer. A total of 1670 intensities
(ꢃ
/
65
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h 5
/
2, 05
/
k 5
/
14, ꢃ
/
205
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l 5/20; v/2u scan, 1361
12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK (fax: ꢀ
/
1223-
unique, Rint
ꢂ
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0.0643) were measured in a u range from
336-033, e-mail: teched@chemcrys.cam.ac.uk).

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Fig. 10. IR spectra (recorded in KBr, 20 8C) of the amorphous polymers from 3c (top) and from 3e (bottom).
The aqueous layer was extracted twice with portions of
General procedure (GP) for the Cadiotꢁ
/
Chodkiewicz
20 ml of diethylether. The combined organic phases
were washed twice with 20 ml of brine and then dried
with magnesium sulfate. The solvents were evaporated
in vacuo to give the crystalline butadiynes 3 (TLC).
Further purification was achieved by recrystallization.
coupling of tricarbonyl(h6-ethynylbenzene)chromium(0)
(1) or phenyl acetylene with bromo alkynes 2: one
equivalent of 1 or one equivalent of phenyl acetylene
and 5 mg (0.1 equivalents) of hydroxylamine hydro-
chloride were suspended in 20 ml of degassed methanol.
To this mixture a solution of 4 mg (0.05 equivalents) of
copper(I) chloride in 3 ml of ethylamine (70% in water)
was added under nitrogen at room temperature (r.t.). To
this mixture a solution of one equivalent of the
corresponding bromo alkyne 2 dissolved in 2 ml of
N,N-dimethylformamide was added dropwise over a
period of 2 min. Then the reaction mixture was stirred at
r.t. under nitrogen overnight. To this suspension was
then added 20 ml of diethylether and 15 ml of water.
4.1. Tricarbonyl(h6-[(4-nitrophenylbutadiynyl)-
benzene])chromium(0) (3a)
According to the GP the reaction was carried out with
0.150 g (0.63 mmol) of 1 and 0.142 g (0.60 mmol) of 1-
(4-nitrophenyl)-2-bromo acetylene [27] (2a) to give 0.204
g (90%) of pure 3a as orange red crystals, m.p. 140 8C
(dec.) (diethylether/pentane). *1
/
H-NMR (Me2SO-d6,
300 MHz): d 5.77 (dd, Jꢂ
/
6.1 Hz, 2H), 5.86 (t, Jꢂ6.0
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Hz, 1H), 6.14 (d, Jꢂ
/
6.1 Hz, 2H), 7.92 (d, Jꢂ
/
8.3 Hz,
8.3 Hz, 2H). 13C-NMR (Me2SO-d6, 75
(6800). C23H14CrFeO3 (446.2) Calc. C 61.91, H 3.16;
Found: C 61.50, H 3.02%.
2H), 8.28 (d, Jꢂ
/
MHz): d 72.1 (Cquat.), 77.1 (Cquat.), 80.2 (Cquat.), 81.0
(Cquat.), 86.5 (Cquat.), 93.3 (CH), 95.3 (CH), 98.5 (CH),
124.2 (CH), 126.9 (Cquat.), 134.2 (CH), 147.9 (Cquat.),
232.8 (Cquat., CO). EIMS (70 eV), m/z (%): 383 [Mꢀ, 8],
4.4. Tricarbonyl(h6-[(4-N,N-dimethylaminophenyl-
butadiynyl)benzene])chromium(0) (3d)
327 [Mꢀꢃ
Cr(CO)3, 60], 200 [Mꢀꢃ
(Crꢀ, 100). IR (KBr): n˜ 2214 cmꢃ1, 1976, 1898, 1592,
1522, 1343, 852, 748, 667, 649, 614, 531. UVꢁvis
/
2CO, 5], 299 [Mꢀꢃ
/
3CO, 13], 247 [Mꢀꢃ
/
According to the GP the reaction was carried out with
0.150 g (0.63 mmol) of 1 and 0.146 g (0.65 mmol) of 1-
(4-N,N-dimethylaminophenyl)-2-bromo acetylene (2d)
to give 0.238 g (96%) of pure 3d as yellow platelets, m.p.
/
Cr(CO)3,Ã/HNO2, 29], 52
/
(Me2SO): lmax (o) 320 nm (27 700), 434 (6700).
C19H9CrNO5 (383.3) Calc. C 59.54, H 2.37, N 3.65;
Found: C 59.08, H 2.47, N 4.09%.
160 8C (dec.) (diethylether/pentane).
*
1H-NMR
/
(Me2SO-d6, 300 MHz): d 2.99 (s, 6H), 5.77 (m, 3H),
6.04 (m, 2H), 6.72 (m, 2H), 7.44 (m, 2H). 13C-NMR
(Me2SO-d6, 75 MHz): d 39.7 (CH3), 71.6 (Cquat.), 74.2
(Cquat.), 77.8 (Cquat.), 85.1 (Cquat.), 89.2 (Cquat.), 93.8
(CH), 94.6 (CH), 98.0 (CH), 105.1 (Cquat.), 112.0 (CH),
134.1 (CH), 151.2 (Cquat.), 233.3 (Cquat., CO). EIMS (70
4.2. Tricarbonyl(h6-[(phenylbutadiynyl)benzene])-
chromium(0) (3b)
eV), m/z (%): 381 [Mꢀ, 21], 325 [Mꢀꢃ
[Mꢀꢃ3CO, 100], 245 [Mꢀꢃ
Cr(CO)3, 19], 80
(Cr(CO)ꢀ, 5), 52 (Crꢀ, 21). IR (KBr): n˜ 2205 cmꢃ1
1963, 1896, 1878, 1602, 1518, 1447, 1367, 1182, 1151,
813, 671, 654, 627, 614, 533. UVꢁvis (Me2SO): lmax (o)
278 nm (12 600), 333 (28 800sh), 347 (33 400), 410
(13 600sh). C21H15CrNO3 (381.3) Calc. C 66.14, H
3.96, N 3.67; Found: C 66.01, H 4.28, N 3.54%.
/
2CO, 17], 297
According to the GP the reaction was carried out with
0.150 g (0.63 mmol) of 1 a nd 0.114 g (0.63 mmol) of
bromo phenylacetylene [28] (2b) to give 0.203 g (95%) of
/
/
,
pure 3b as yellow platelets, m.p. 125ꢁ
methane/pentane). *1
H-NMR (Me2SO-d6, 300 MHz):
d 5.78 (m, 3H), 6.10 (d, Jꢂ6.1 Hz, 2H), 7.48 (m, 3H),
7.64 (d, Jꢂ
6.9 Hz, 2H). 13C-NMR (Me2SO-d6, 75
/
126 8C (dichloro-
/
/
/
/
MHz): d 72.8 (Cquat.), 73.0 (Cquat.), 78.6 (Cquat.), 82.6
(Cquat.), 87.7 (Cquat.), 93.5 (CH), 95.0 (CH), 98.3 (CH),
120.0 (Cquat.), 129.2 (CH), 130.6 (CH), 132.8 (CH),
233.0 (Cquat., CO). EIMS (70 eV), m/z (%): 338 [Mꢀ,
4.5. 4-Nitrophenylbutadiynylbenzene (4a)
According to the GP the reaction was carried out with
0.102 g (1.00 mmol) of phenyl acetylene and 0.225 g
(1.00 mmol) of 1-(4-nitrophenyl)-2-bromo acetylene (2a)
to give 0.164 g (66%) of pure 4a as yellow crystals, m.p.
25], 282 [Mꢀꢃ
[MꢀꢃCr(CO)3, 34], 80 (Cr(CO)ꢀ, 9), 52 (Crꢀ, 21). IR
(KBr): n˜ 2216 cmꢃ1, 1977, 1914, 1891, 1455, 1442, 813,
755, 687, 670, 652, 618. UVꢁvis (Me2SO): lmax (o) 280
/
2CO, 32], 254 [Mꢀꢃ
/
3CO, 100], 202
/
/
209 8C (dec.) (diethylether/pentane).
*
1H-NMR
/
nm (16 700), 299 (19 000), 320 (19 100), 415 (5300).
C19H10CrO3 (338.3) Calc. C 67.46, H 2.98; Found: C
67.47, H 2.85%.
(Me2SO-d6, 300 MHz): d 7.48 (m, 3H), 7.64 (m, 1H),
7.89 (m, 2H), 8.26 (m, 2H). 13C-NMR (Me2SO-d6, 75
MHz): d 73.1 (Cquat.), 77.9 (Cquat.), 79.9 (Cquat.), 84.4
(Cquat.), 120.0 (Cquat.), 124.1 (CH), 127.4 (Cquat.), 129.2
(CH), 130.7 (CH), 132.8 (CH), 133.9 (CH), 147.7
4.3. Tricarbonyl(h6-[(ferrocenylbutadiynyl)benzene])-
chromium(0) (3c)
(Cquat.)). UVꢁvis (Me2SO): lmax (o) 282 nm (14 300),
/
303 (14 300sh), 338 (23 500).
According to the GP the reaction was carried out with
0.150 g (0.63 mmol) of 1 and 0.182 g (0.63 mmol) of 1-
ferrocenyl-2-bromo acetylene (2c) to give 0.272 g (97%)
of pure 3c as orange platelets, m.p. 171 8C (dec.)
4.6. Ferrocenylbutadiynylbenzene (4c)
According to the GP the reaction was carried out with
0.102 g (1.00 mmol) of phenyl acetylene and 0.289 g
(1.00 mmol) of 1-ferrocenyl-2-bromo acetylene (2c) to
give 0.124 g (38%) of pure 4c as orange crystals, m.p.
112 8C (dec.) (diethylether/pentane).
(Me2SO-d6, 300 MHz): d 4.29 (s, 5H), 4.39 (dd, Jꢂ
(dichloromethane/pentane).
*
1H-NMR (Me2SO-d6,
/
300 MHz): d 4.28 (s, 5H), 4.41 (m, 2H), 4.66 (m, 2H),
5.75 (m, 3H), 6.03 (m, 2H). 13C-NMR (Me2SO-d6, 75
MHz): d 61.2 (Cquat.), 70.2 (Cquat.), 70.3 (CH), 72.3
(CH), 72.5 (CH), 74.0 (Cquat.), 75.6 (Cquat.), 84.0 (Cquat.),
88.8 (Cquat.), 93.7 (CH), 94.7 (CH), 98.0 (CH), 233.1
(Cquat., CO). EIMS (70 eV), m/z (%): 446 [Mꢀ, 25], 362
*
1H-NMR
/
/
1.8, 1.75 Hz, 2H), 4.65 (dd, Jꢂ1.8, 1.75 Hz, 2H), 7.43
/
(m, 3H), 7.56 (m, 2H). 13C-NMR (Me2SO-d6, 75 MHz):
d 61.8 (Cquat.), 69.9 (CH), 70.1 (CH), 72.0 (Cquat.), 72.1
(CH), 74.6 (Cquat.), 79.0 (Cquat.), 83.0 (Cquat.), 121.0
[Mꢀꢃ
COÃ
Fe, 5], 189 [Mꢀꢃ
(FeCpꢀ, 13), 52 (Crꢀ, 69). IR (KBr): n˜ 2220 cmꢃ1
1963, 1880, 1106, 1001, 823, 671, 654, 619, 532. UVꢁvis
(Me2SO): lmax (o) 305 nm (15 200sh), 322 (16 900), 411
/
3, 100], 310 [Mꢀꢃ
/
Cr(CO)3, 16], 306 [Mꢀꢃ
/
3
/
/
Cr(CO)3ꢃFeCp, 6], 121
/
,
(Cquat.), 128.9 (CH), 129.6 (CH), 132.2 (CH). UVꢁvis
(Me2SO): lmax (qual.) 266sh nm, 277, 296, 311, 330sh,
358sh, 451.
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4.7. 4-N,N-Dimethylaminophenylbutadiynylbenzene
(4d)
washed twice with portions of 30 ml of water and then
dried with magnesium sulfate. The solvents were re-
moved in vacuo and the residue was recrystallized from
pentane/diethylether to give 0.376 g (93%) of pure 4b as
colorless needles, m.p. 87 8C (diethylether/pentane).
According to the GP the reaction was carried out with
0.102 g (1.00 mmol) of phenyl acetylene and 0.225 g
(1.00 mmol) of 1-(4-N,N-dimethylaminophenyl)-2-bro-
mo acetylene (2d) to give 0.044 g (18%) of pure 4d as
pale yellow crystals, m.p. 113 8C (diethylether/pentane).
*
1H-NMR (Me2SO-d6, 300 MHz): d 7.45 (m, 6H), 7.59
/
(m, 4H). 13C-NMR (Me2SO-d6, 75 MHz): d 73.7
(Cquat.), 82.0 (Cquat.), 120.6 (Cquat.), 129.1 (CH), 130.2
*
(d, Jꢂ
/
1H-NMR (Me2SO-d6, 300 MHz): d 2.95 (s, 6H), 6.69
(CH), 132.6 (CH). UVꢁvis (Me2SO): lmax (o) 274 nm
/
/
9.0 Hz, 2H), 7.41 (br, 5H), 7.55 (m, 2H). 13C-
(14 900), 291 (22 500), 310 (33 600), 320 (13 500sh), 331
(30 600).
NMR (Me2SO-d6, 75 MHz): d 40.2 (CH3), 72.1 (Cquat.),
74.7 (Cquat.), 81.2 (Cquat.), 84.3 (Cquat.), 105.9 (Cquat.),
112.0 (CH), 121.3 (CH), 129.0 (CH), 129.7 (CH), 132.3
(CH), 133.8 (CH), 151.0 (Cquat.). UVꢁ
/
vis (Me2SO): lmax
(o) 284 nm (11 400), 305 (13 300sh), 334 (35 000), 370
4.10. m-{h6:h6,h4:h4-[1,4-Butadiynediylbis-
(benzene)]}bis[tricarbonylchromium(0)]-
bis[hexacarbonyldicobalt(0)] (5)
(30 200).
4.8. m-{h6:h6-[1,4-Butadiynediylbis(benzene)]}bis-
[tricarbonylchromium(0)] (3e)
To a degassed solution of 0.100 g (0.21 mmol) of 3e in
20 ml of dichloromethane was added a solution of 0.180
g (0.53 mmol) of dicobaltoctacarbonyl in 5 ml of
dichloromethane. Then the reaction mixture was stirred
at room temperature for 2 d. The solvent was removed
in vacuo and the residue was chromatographed on silica
gel (pentane to diethylether/pentane 1:1) to give 0.150 g
To a solution of 0.147 g (0.62 mmol) of 1 in 10 ml of
methanol was added dropwise a solution of 0.247 g (1.24
mmol) of copper(II) acetate monohydrate in 10 ml of
methanol and 10 ml of pyridine. Then the reaction
mixture was heated to reflux temperature for 15 min.
After cooling to r.t. 50 ml of 2 N aqueous HCl was
(68%) of pure 5 as black platelets, m.p. ꢀ280 8C (dec.).
/
*
1H-NMR (Me2SO-d6, 300 MHz): d 5.6 (br, 4H), 5.8
/
added and extracted with diethylether (3ꢄ
/
30 ml). The
(br, 2H), 6.0 (br, 4H). 13C-NMR (Me2SO-d6, 75 MHz):
d 90.1 (CH), 91.8 (Cquat.), 96.4 (Cquat.), 98.0 (CH), 98.9
combined organic phases were washed twice with
portions of 30 ml of water and then dried with
magnesium sulfate. The solvents were removed in vacuo
and the residue was recrystallized from trichloro-
methane to give 0.140 g (95%) of pure 3e as orange
(CH), 110.7 (Cquat.), 197.9 (Cquat., CoCO), 232.9 (Cquat.
CrCO). FDMS (70 eV), m/z (%): 1046 [Mꢀ, 22], 990
[Mꢀꢃ2CO, 18], 910 [MꢀꢃCr(CO)3, 25], 854 [Mꢀꢃ
Co2(CO)6, 6], 642
,
/
/
/
Cr(CO)5, 11], 760 [Mꢀꢃ
/
platelets, m.p. 180 8C (dec.). *1
300 MHz): d 5.73 (dd, Jꢂ6.2, 6.3 Hz, 4H), 5.81 (dd,
Jꢂ6.0, 6.1 Hz, 2H), 6.10 (d, Jꢂ
6.1 Hz, 4H). 13C-NMR
(Me2SO-d6, 75 MHz): d 72.1 (Cquat.), 79.0 (Cquat.), 86.7
(Cquat.), 93.3 (CH), 95.2 (CH), 98.4 (CH), 232.8 (Cquat.
CO). EIMS (70 eV), m/z (%): 474 [Mꢀ, 5], 390 [Mꢀꢃ
3CO, 7], 338 [MꢀꢃCr(CO)3, 8], 306 [Mꢀꢃ
6 CO, 25],
282 [MꢀꢃCr(CO)5, 11], 277 (10), 254 [Mꢀꢃ
Cr(CO)6,
47], 202 [Mꢀꢃ2 Cr(CO)3, 11], 52 (Crꢀ, 100). IR (KBr):
n˜ 1950 cmꢃ1, 1867, 1438, 812, 667, 646. UVꢁ
vis
/
H-NMR (Me2SO-d6,
(Co4Cr2(CO)15, 25), 624 (Co2Cr(CO)9, 7), 80 (CrCOꢀ,
100). IR (KBr): n˜ 2089 cmꢃ1, 2065, 2044, 2030, 2010,
1964, 1897, 1150, 660, 645, 618, 594, 563, 5114, 491.
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UVꢁvis (Me2SO): lmax (o) 324 nm (29 200), 410
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,
(6900sh), 560 (2300sh). C34H10Co4Cr2O18 (1046.2)
Calc. C 39.03, H 0.96; Found: C 38.50, H 0.99%.
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4.11. Thermolysis of compound 3c
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(Me2SO): lmax (o) 288 nm (15 100), 313 (17 100sh), 325
(18 700sh), 330 (18 900), 430 (8700). C22H10Cr2O6
(474.3) Calc. C 55.71, H 2.13; Found: C 55.55, H 2.09%.
In a 10 ml Schlenk flask 89 mg (0.20 mmol) of 3c were
heated under argon at 200 8C (oil bath) for 24 h to give
65 mg of a black amorphous powder.
Combustion analysis: C 53.02, H 3.36 (3c: C 61.97, H
3.36).
4.9. 1,4-Diphenylbutadiyne (4b)
To a solution of 0.408 g (4.00 mmol) of phenyl
acetylene in 10 ml of methanol was added dropwise a
solution of 1.20 g (6.00 mmol) of copper(II) acetate
monohydrate in 10 ml of methanol and 10 ml of
pyridine. Then the reaction mixture was heated to reflux
temperature for 15 min. After cooling to r.t. 50 ml of 2
N aqueous HCl was added and extracted with diethyl-
4.12. Thermolysis of compound 3e
In a 10 ml Schlenk flask 112 mg (0.24 mmol) of 3e
were heated under argon to 210ꢁ215 8C (oil bath) for 17
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h to give 79 mg of a black amorphous powder.
Combustion analysis: C 50.52, H 3.51 (3e: C 55.71, H
2.13).
ether (3ꢄ30 ml). The combined organic phases were
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