Germanium complexes of ruthenium and osmium dodecacarbonyls: metal–metal heterocycles: crystal structure of [Me2GeRu(CO)3]3
Abstract
Pyrolysis of the compounds (Me3Ge)2M′(CO)4[M′= Ru or Os] affords polynuclear complexes [Me2GeM′(CO)3]3 shown to contain heterocyclic rings of six metal atoms, and the anion [Me3GeRu(CO)4]– reacts with various metal halides to give inter alia pentanuclear [Me3GeRu(CO)4]2Hg.