Spectral and thermal studies on ruthenium carbonyl complexes with 5-trifluoromethyl-2,4-dihydropyrazol-3-one ligands.
Reactions of the cluster compound [Ru(3)(CO)(12)] with 5-trifluoromethyl-2,4-dihydropyrazol-3-one (HL(1)), 4-(2,4-dichlorophenylhydrazono)-5-trifluoromethyl-2,4-dihydropyrazol-3-one (H(2)L(2)), 4-(3-fluorophenylhydrazono)-5-trifluoromethyl-2,4-dihydropyrazol-3-one (H(2)L(3)), 4-(3-trifuoloromethyl-phenylhydrazono)-5-trifluoromethyl-2,4-dihydropyrazol-3-one (H(2)L(4)) and 4-(3-nitrophenylhydrazono)-5-trifluoromethyl-2,4-dihydropyrazol-3-one (H(2)L(5)) have been carried out in benzene and under reduced pressure. The structures of the isolated complexes were elucidated using elemental analyses, IR, UV-vis, mass and NMR spectroscopy. All the complexes are diamagnetic and have trigonal bipyramidal structures with general formulae [Ru(CO)(4)(HL(1))] and [Ru(CO)(3)(H(2)L(2-5))]. The thermal decompositions of the complexes were studied in correlation with the mass spectral fragmentation patterns.