Treatment of decacarbonyldimanganese with the alkylarylstannylene RR'S
n (2), R = 2,4,6-tBu(3)C(6)H(2), R' = CH2C(CH3)(2)-3,5-tBu(2)C(6)H(3),
furnishes the tetracarbonyl-stannylmanganese stannylene complex 3, in
which the tin atom of the stannyl group is part of a stannaindan ring
system. Reaction of 2 with [(OC)(2)Fe(NO)(2)] yields the tetrahedral
iron stannylene complex [OC(NO)(2)Fe = SnRR'] (4). The structures of 3
and 4 were determined by X-ray crystallography. (C) 1998 Elsevier Sci
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