Synthesis, characterisation, and reactivity of transition metal carbonyl clusters containing an interstitial phosphorus in a trigonal co-ordination environment: The X-ray structures of [PPh3Me][Os6(CO)18P] and [Os6(CO)18P(AuPPh3)]

Stephen B. Colbran, Caroline M. Hay, Brian F.G. Johnson, Fernando J. Lahoz, Jack Lewis, Paul R. Raithby

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Abstract

Thermolysis of [Os6H2(CO)21(PH)](1) or [Os6H(CO)21(PH)](2) results in the closing up of the cluster framework to afford the interstitial phosphide clusters [Os6H(CO)18P](3) and [Os6H(CO)18P]–(4), respectively; treatment of (3) with X(X = Cl, Br) also gives the anion (4), while both (3) and (4) react with [AuPPh3]+ to yield [Os6(CO)18P(AuPPh3)](6); X-ray analyses of (4) and (6) show that they contain a phosphide-centred trigonal prismatic metallic core.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1766-1768
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society - Series Chemical Communications
Issue number24
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Dec 1986

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Medicine

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