A DINUCLEAR TUNGSTEN(III) COMPLEX CONTAINING A TUNGSTEN-TUNGSTEN TRIPLE BOND WITH AN ASYMMETRIC ARRANGEMENT OF LIGANDS - [W2CL3(OCME3)(3)(NHME2)(2)]

The title complex, tri-tert-butoxy-1 kappa(2)O,2 kappa O-trichloro-1 k appa Cl,2 kappa(2)Cl-bis(N,N-dimethylamine)-1 kappa N,2 kappa N-ditung sten (W-W), [W2Cl3(C4H9O)(3)(C2H7N)(2)], adopts a dinuclear structure in which two tungsten(III) atoms are united by a W=W bond unsupported by bridging ligands. Both W atoms are coordinated to four ligand atoms that lie in a roughly square-planar arrangement The two W atoms have different coordination environments: one is ligated by two cis-OR grou ps, one Cl and one HNMe2 ligand, while the other is ligated by two tra ns-Cl ligands, one OR group and one HNMe2 ligand.