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Preferential retainment of the cobalt-rhodium bond in some reactions of Co2Rh2(CO)12 and its triethylphosphine-substituted derivatives
Horváth, István T.
, p. 2333 - 2340 (2008/10/08)
Co2Rh2(CO)12 (1) reacts with PEt3 to give CoRh(CO)5(PEt3)2 (3); three intermediates, Co2Rh2(CO)11(PEt3) (4), Co2Rh2(CO)10(PEt3)2 (5), and CoRh(CO)6(PEt3) (6), were separately isolated and characterized by IR and NMR spectroscopy. 4 reacts with CO in a reversible reaction to give an equilibrium mixture of 4, CoRh(CO)7 (2), and 6. 5 undergoes facile and reversible fragmentation when treated with CO to give 6. Medium-pressure in situ IR studies have revealed that at higher CO pressure 6 is in equilibrium with CoRh(CO)7(PEt3) (7). 1 reacts with excess of MeCN to give CoRh(CO)6(MeCN) (8), which undergoes heterolytic metal-metal bond cleavage when treated with PEt3 to give [Rh(CO)(MeCN)(PEt3)2]+[Co(CO)4] -. The treatment of 1 with 2 equiv of [PPN]Cl or [N(CH2Ph)Et3]Cl gives PPN[CoRh(CO)6Cl] (9) and [N(CH2Ph)Et3][CoRh(CO)6Cl] (10), respectively. 9 reacts with 2 equiv of PEt3 to yield PPN[Co(CO)4] and ClRh(CO)(PEt3)2.