Synthesis and crystal structure of a new mixed-metal cluster, (η-C5H5)3Ni3Os3(CO)9. An example of a high yield pyrolytic synthesis
Abstract
The new, neutral mixed-metal cluster (η-C5H5)3Ni3Os3(CO)9 has been obtained in good yield from a simple pyrolytic reaction; the metal-atom arrangement has been shown by X-ray crystallography to be a face-capped trigonal bipyramid.