THE PREPARATION OF THE MIXED THIOLATO ISOCYANIDE COMPLEXES CIS-(ETA(5)-C5H5)W(CO)2(SR)(CNR') AND TRANS-(ETA(5)-C5H5)W(CO)2(SR)(CNR') - THE STRUCTURE OF TRANS-(ETA(5)-C5H5)W(CO)2(S-4-C6H4ME)(CNCME3)
A. Shaver et al., THE PREPARATION OF THE MIXED THIOLATO ISOCYANIDE COMPLEXES CIS-(ETA(5)-C5H5)W(CO)2(SR)(CNR') AND TRANS-(ETA(5)-C5H5)W(CO)2(SR)(CNR') - THE STRUCTURE OF TRANS-(ETA(5)-C5H5)W(CO)2(S-4-C6H4ME)(CNCME3), Journal of organometallic chemistry, 483(1-2), 1994, pp. 1-5
Treatment of the thiolato complexes CpW(CO)2(PPh3)(SR), as a mixture o
f cis and trans isomers, with isocyanides gave cis- and trans-CpW(CO)2
(SR)(CNR'), where R = CHMe2 or 4-C6H4Me, and R' = CMe3 or 2,6-C6H3Me2.
The cis isomer of the thiolato complex was preferentially consumed be
fore the trans isomer. The structure of trans-CpW(CO)2(S-4-C6H4Me)(CN-
CMe3) was determined by X-ray crystallography: P2(1)/a: a = 12.242(4),
b = 17.592(5), c = 18.728(8) angstrom, beta = 92.01(3)-degrees; V = 4
030.8(2) angstrom3; Z = 2.