Synthesis of alkenyl ylide and alkyne-coordinated rhenium complexes
Abstract
Additions of nucleophiles like phosphines to coordinated alkynes are important processes in organometallic synthesis. In this work, exocyclic alkenyl ylide phenolate ( 1 -2 ) and benzoate ( 5 ) Re(V) complexes are obtained from the reactions of internal 2-alkynylphenols, and 2-ethynylbenzoic acid with ReOCl 2 (OEt)(PPh 3 ) 2 , respectively. The Re(V) complexes 1 -2 can be reduced to eta 2 -alkyne Re(III) complexes 3 -4 with P -C bond cleavage.