The rhodium allenylidenes
trans-[RhCl{=C=C=C(Ph)R}(P
iPr
3)
2] [R = Ph (
1),
p-Tol (
2)] reactwith NaC
5H
5 to give the half-sandwich type complexes [(
5-C
5H
5)Rh{=C=C=C(Ph)R}(P
iPr
3)] (
3,
4). Thereaction of
1 with the Grignard reagent CH
2=CHMgBr affords the
3-pentatrienyl compound [Rh(
3-
CH
2CH
C=C=CPh
2)(P
iPr
3)
2] (
6), which in the presence of CO rearranges to the
1-pentatrienyl derivative
trans-[Rh{
1-C(CH=CH
2)=C=CPh
2}(CO)(P
iPr
3)
2] (
7). Treatment of
7 with acetic acid generates thevinylallene CH
2=CH-CH=C=CPh
2 (
8). Compounds
1 and
2 react with HCl to give the five-coordinateallenylrhodium(III) complexes [RhCl
2{CH=C=C(Ph)R}(P
iPr
3)
2] (
10,
11). An unusual [C
3 + C
2 + P] couplingprocess takes place upon treatment of
1 with terminal alkynes HC
CR', leading to the formation of the
3-allylic compounds [RhCl{
3-
anti-
CH(P
iPr
3)
C(R')
C=C=CPh
2}(P
iPr
3)] [R' = Ph (
12),
p-Tol (
13), SiMe
3(
14)]. From
12 and RMgBr the corresponding phenyl and vinyl rhodium(I) derivatives
15 and
16 have beenobtained. The previously unknown unsaturated ylide
iPr
3PCHC(Ph)=C=C=CPh
2 (
17) was generated from
12 and CO. A [C
3 + P] coupling process occurs on treatment of the rhodium allenylidenes
1,
2, and
trans-[RhCl{=C=C=C(
p-Anis)
2}(P
iPr
3)
2] (
20) with either Cl
2 or PhICl
2, affording the ylide-rhodium(III) complexes[RhCl
3{C(P
iPr
3)C=C(R)R'}(P
iPr
3)] (
21-
23). The butatrienerhodium(I) compounds
trans-[RhCl{
2-H
2C=
C=C=C(R)R'}(P
iPr
3)
2] (
28-31) were prepared from
1,
20, and
trans-[RhCl{=C=C=C(Ph)R}(P
iPr
3)
2] [R= CF
3 (
26),
tBu (
27)] and diazomethane; with the exception of
30 (R = CF
3, R' = Ph), they thermallyrearrange to the isomers
trans-[RhCl{
2-H
2C=
C=
C=C(R)R'}(P
iPr
3)
2] (
32, 33, and
syn/anti-
34). The new1,1-disubstituted butatriene H
2C=C=C=C(
tBu)Ph (
35) was generated either from
31 or
34 and CO. Theiodo derivatives
trans-[RhI(
2-H
2C=
C=
C=CR
2)(P
iPr
3)
2] [R = Ph (
38),
p-Anis (
39)] were obtained by anunusual route from
1 or
20 and CH
3I in the presence of KI. While the hydrogenation of
1 and
26 leads tothe allenerhodium(I) complexes
trans-[RhCl{
2-H
2C=C=C(Ph)R}(P
iPr
3)
2] (
40,
41), the thermolysis of
1and
20 produces the rhodium(I) hexapentaenes
trans-[RhCl(
2-R
2C=
C=
C=C=C=CR
2)(P
iPr
3)
2] (
44,
45)via C-C coupling. The molecular structures of
3,
7,
12,
21, and
28 have been determined by X-raycrystallography. (Abbreviations used:
p-Tol =
p-tolyl, 4-C
6H
4CH
3;
p-Anis =
p-anisyl, 4-C
6H
4OCH
3.)