Synthesis and structure of Os3(μ-H)3(CO)93-Sn)Os 3(μ-H)(CO)10(PEt2Ph): The first osmium cluster containing a face-capping tin atom

Weng Kee Leong*

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Abstract

Pyrolysis of the cluster Os3(μ-H)3(CO)10(SnM2H) produced an as yet unidentified purple cluster, which upon reaction with PEt2Ph at room temperature, gave essentially a quantitative yield of the cluster Os3(μ-H)3(CO)93-Sn) 4, The X-ray structure of 4 (as the toluene solvale) shows that it consists of two Os, triangles linked through a -Sn unit, such that one of the Os, triangle is -bonded to the Sn atom (Os-Sn range 2.689(21-2.707(2) A) and the other is bonded via a single covalent bond (Os-Sn = 2.643(2) A). The phosphine ligand occupies the equatorial site on a second osmium atom of the latter Os, moiety that is syn to the Sn atom; the unique bridging hydride ligand is believed to occupy a site that is cis to both the P and Sn atoms. Crystallographic data for compound 4. space group,.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)211-222
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Cluster Science
Volume7
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1996
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Biochemistry
  • General Chemistry
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics

Keywords

  • Carbonyl
  • Osmium
  • Phosphine
  • Structure
  • Tin

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