The chemistry of polynuclear compounds. Part XVI. Trinuclear thiol derivatives of dodecacarbonyl-triruthenium and -triosmium

Abstract

Dodecacarbonyl-triruthenium and -triosmium react with thiols RSH to produce the trinuclear hydridocarbonyl complexes HM₃(CO)₁₀SR (M = Ru or Os; R = Et, Buⁿ, or Ph.) These complexes are volatile, soluble in organic solvents, and are considered to be members of the series of compounds typified by HOs₃(CO)₁₀(OMe). N.m.r., i.r., and mass spectral data are reported and discussed in terms of cyclic, and hydrido- and thiol-bridged structures.