SYNTHESIS AND X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF [FE-2(CO)(5)(MU-PBU(2)(T))(MU-PCY(2))(DPPM-P)] - A COMPLEX CONTAINING DPPM [DPPM=BIS(DIPHENYLPHOSPHINO)METHANE] IN THE RARE MONODENTATE COORDINATION
Hc. Bottcher et al., SYNTHESIS AND X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF [FE-2(CO)(5)(MU-PBU(2)(T))(MU-PCY(2))(DPPM-P)] - A COMPLEX CONTAINING DPPM [DPPM=BIS(DIPHENYLPHOSPHINO)METHANE] IN THE RARE MONODENTATE COORDINATION, Polyhedron, 14(7), 1995, pp. 901-905
The coordinatively unsaturated complex [Fe-2(CO)(5)(mu-PBu(2)(t))(mu-P
Cy(2))] (Fe=Fe) (1) adds spontaneously dppm [dppm = bis(diphenylphosph
ino)methane] and yields the saturated compound [Fe-2(CO)(5)(mu-PBu(2)(
t))(mu-PCy(2))(dppm-P)] (2). Compounds 1 and 2 exist in a reversible t
hermal equilibrium; heating 2 in toluene produces 1 together with the
free ligand dppm, whereas by cooling to room temperature 2 is recovere
d. A conversion of 2 into the known complex [Fe-2(CO)(3)(mu-PBu(2)(t))
(mu-PCy(2))(mu-dppm)] (3) is only possible by photochemical means. Com
pound 3 is readily transformed back into 2 by carbon monoxide under no
rmal conditions. The molecular structure of 2 determined by X-ray anal
ysis is described.