Metal-Mediated Assembly of Hexameric Ethylcycloarsoxane (C2H5AsO)6 in Mono-and Dinuclear Complexes with Tetrahedral and Octahedral Coordination Spheres
Abstract A metal-assisted ring expansion from the preferred solution species (EtAsO)n, n = 3,4, to the hexameric ligand (EtAsO)6 is observed for the reactions of [ReBr(CO)5], [RuCL2(Ph3P)3], RhCl3 ·3H2O and [Cu2CF3SO3)2(C6H6)] with ethylcycloarsoxane. Whereas two metal fragments are facially coordinated by the upper and lower three As atoms of a flattened As6O6 cuboctahedron in both [{ReBr(CO)2}2 {μ-[cyclo-(EtAsO)6]}] (1) and [Cu2{μ-[cyclo-(EtAsO)6]}(Me2PhP)2](CF3SO3)2 (4), potential ring strain restricts the reaction with the other compounds to the formation of mononuclear complexes [RuCl2{cyvclo-(EtAsO)6}(Ph3P)] (2)and [RhCl3{cyclo-(EtAsO)6}] (3) with k3As1,3,5 coordination. The structures of 1 - 4 were established by X-ray structure analysis. A shift in the ν(As-O) IR absorption bands to higher wavenumbers (830 - 788 cm-1 ) is characteristic for (EtAsO)6 complexes in comparison to those of the cyclic tetramer (781-747 cm-1 ).