Cp. Casey et al., REACTION OF NO WITH CP-ASTERISK-3CO3(MU-H)4 PRESERVES THE TRICOBALT CLUSTER AND PRODUCES CP-ASTERISK-3CO3(MU-3-NO)2, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 212(1-2), 1993, pp. 81-85
CP3Co3(mu-H)4 (4) reacts with NO to produce CP*3Co3(mu3-NO)2 (3) whic
h was characterized by X-ray crystallography. 3 is a diamagnetic 48 el
ectron tricobalt cluster in which an equilateral triangular array of c
obalt atoms (Co-Co(av) = 2.423(2) angstrom) is capped on each face by
a mu3-NO ligand (Co-mu3-NO(av) = 1.863(7) angstrom).