REACTIONS OF 1,4-DIAZA-3-METHYLBUTADIEN-2-YLPALLADIUM(II) DERIVATIVES WITH CHLORO-BRIDGED RHODIUM(I) COMPLEXES

The reactions of the organometallic 1,4-diazabutadienes, RN=C(R′)C(Me)=NR″ [R = R″ = p-C6H4OMe, R′ = trans-PdCl(PPh3)2 (DAB); R = p-C6H4OMe, R″ = Me, R′ = trans-PdCl(PPh3)2 (DABI; R = R″ = p-C6H4OMe, R′ = Pd(dmtc)-(PPh3), dmtc = dimethyldithiocarbamate (DABII); R = R″ = p-C6H4OMe, R′ = PdCl(diphos), diphos = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane (DABIII)] with [RhCl(COD)]2 (COD = 1,5-cyclooctadiene, Pd/Rh ratio = 1 2) depend on the nature of the ancillary ligands at the Pd atom in group R′. In the reactions with DAB and DABI transfer of one PPh3 ligand from Pd to Rh occurs yielding [RhCl(COD)(PPh3)] and the new binuclear complexes [Rh(COD) {RN=C(R‴)-C(Me)=NR″}], in which the diazabutadiene moiety acts as a chelating bidentate ligand. Exchange of ligands between the two different metallic centers also occurs in the reaction with DABII. In this case, the migration of the bidentate dmtc anion yields [Rh(COD)Pdmtc] and [Rh(COD) {RN=C(R‴)C(Me)=NR″}]. In contrast, the reaction with DABIII leads to the ionic product [Rh(COD)- (DABIII)][RhCl2(COD)], with no transfer of ligands. The cationic complex [Rh(COD)(DABIII)]+ can be isolated as the perchlorate salt from the same reaction (Pd/Rh ratio = 1/1) in the presence of an excess of NaClO4. In all the binuclear complexes the coordinated 1,5-cyclooctadiene can be readily displaced by carbon monoxide to give the corresponding dicarbonyl derivatives. The reaction of [RhCl(CO)2]2 with DAB and/or DABI yields trinuclear complexes of the type [RhCl(CO)2]2(DAB), in which the diazabutadiene group acts as a bridging bidentate ligand. Some reactions of the organic diazabutadiene RN=C(Me)C(Me)=NR (R = p-C6H4OMe) are also reported for comparison. © 1979.