Owen J. CurnowM. David CurtisJeff W. Kampf
Treatment of the heterobimetallic sulfido cluster Cp'2Mo2Co2S3(CO)4 (1) with the diphosphine compound bis(diphenylphosphino)methane (dppm) or bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane (dppe) gives the carbonyl-substituted adduct Cp'2Mo2Co2S3(CO)2(η2-dppm) (11a) or Cp'2Mo2Co2S3(CO)2(η2-dppe) (11b), respectively, whereas treatment of 1 with an excess of bis(dimethylphosphino)ethane (dmpe) gives the cluster Cp'2Mo2Co2S3(μ3-CO)(η2-dmpe)2 (12) containing a triply-bridging carbonyl ligand (νCO = 1615 cm-1). Cluster 12 readily reacts with dichloromethane to give the μ3-methylidyne cluster [Cp'2Mo2Co2S3(μ3-CH)(η2-dmpe)2]+ (14). Cluster 14 was also characterized by an X-ray crystallographic analysis. Reaction of 13CO-labeled 12 with CH2Cl2 and CD2Cl2 showed that the methylidyne atoms originate from the dichloromethane solvent. 13CO-labeled 1 was prepared to 96% enrichment and revealed a resonance for the carbonyl ligands in the 13C-NMR spectrum at δ 207 with w1/2 = 940 Hz. Cluster 11b was found to desulfurize thiols and perform phosphinidene abstraction reactions via formation of the monomeric cluster Cp'2Mo2Co2S4(η2,μ2-dppe) (18) or the oligomeric clusters [Cp'2Mo2Co2S3(μ3-PPh)(η2,μ2-dppe)]n (19), respectively.
Peter G. JonesJ. LaubeC. Thöne
M. David CurtisScott H. DrukerLukas J. GooßenJeff W. Kampf
Franz‐Erich BaumannChristian BurschkaWolfdieter A. Schenk
John E. DaviesAvelino Martı́nPaul R. RaithbyG.P. ShieldsPeter K. Tompikin
Bernardo E. Pérez ÁlvarezJing LiDaniel MiguelM. Dolores MoralesVı́ctor RieraSantiago Garcı́a-Granda