Synthesis and characterisation of the platinum group mixed metal clusters [Os3M(μ-H)3(CO)12] (M = Rh, Ir); X-ray crystal structure of [Os3Rh(μ-H)3(CO)12]

Peter Sundberg, Bertil Norén, Brian F. G. Johnson, Jack Lewis, Paul R. Raithby

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Abstract

The mixed-metal cluster [Os3Rh(μ-H)3(CO)12] (1) has been prepared in 60% yield by the reaction of the reaction of the co-ordinatively unsaturated cluster [Os3(μ-H)2(CO)12] with the dimer [Rh(CO)2Cl)2]. The analogous iridium complex [Os3Ir(μ-H)3(CO)12] (2) is best prepared by the reaction of the anion [Os3H(CO)11]- with the labile cyclooctadiene complex [(Ir(cod)Cl)2], and is obtained in 40% yield. Both complexes 1 and 2 have been characterized by IR, 1H NMR, and ESCA (Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis) spectroscopic techniques, and the structure of 1 has been confirmed by a single crystal X-ray analysis, which shows it to be isostructural with the known cobalt analogue [Os3Co(μ-H)3(CO)12]. Complex 1 crystallises in the triclinic space group p1, with a 8.288(2), b 9.185(2), c 13.655(2) Å, α 82.26(2), β 80.10(1), γ 68.9191)°, Z = 2; 2897 observed data with F> 5σ(F) were refined by blocked-cascade least squares to R = 0.055 and Rw = 0.058.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)383-391
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Organometallic Chemistry
Volume353
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Oct 1988

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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