Mc. Durrant et al., PREPARATION AND CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF FAC-[MO(BPT)(CO)3] [BPT = 1,3-BIS(2-PYRIDYL)-1-THIAPROPANE], Journal of organometallic chemistry, 476(2), 1994, pp. 219-223
The reaction of pyridine-2-thiol with 2-vinylpyridine under reflux con
ditions affords a new asymmetric thioether, 1,3-bis(2-pyridyl)-1-thiap
ropane (bpt), which reacts readily with [Mo(CO)3(MeCN)3] in MeCN to gi
ve fac-[Mo(bptXCO)3]. The last compound has been characterised by hete
ronuclear NMR spectroscopy and by an X-ray crystal structure determina
tion.