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Synthesis of new cobalt-osmium mixed-metal clusters using a novel reactive cobalt species; X-ray crystal structure of [Os3Co(CO)10(C5Me4Et)H2]

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Abstract

Thermal decomposition of the known complex [Co(C5Me4Et) (C2H4)Me2] gives the intermediate species 'Co(C5Me4Et)' which reacts with [OS3(CO)10H2] to produce [Os3Co(CO)10(C5Me4Et)H2]. This complex crystallises in the triclinic space group P1 with a = 9.072(4), b = 10.477(5), c = 13.921(7) Å, α = 95.80(3), β = 93.54(3), γ = 102.48(3)°, and Z = 2. The structure was solved by a combination of direct methods and Fourier-difference techniques and refined by blocked-cascade least squares to R = 0.039 for 3 084 diffractometer data. The Co(C5Me4Et) fragment caps the Os3 triangle. Each Os atom is also co-ordinated to three terminal carbonyl groups while the tenth carbonyl bridges an Os-Co bond. The complex [Os3Co(CO)10(C5Me4Et)H2] reacts with hydrogen to give [Os3Co(CO)9(C5Me4Et)H4], and both clusters react with carbon monoxide under fairly mild conditions to yield [Os3(CO)12] and [Co(CO)2(C5Me4Et)].

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1509-1512
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Dec 1982

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry

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