Cleavage of an aryl carbon–sulphur bond in hydride–thiolate complexes of molybdenum(IV); X-ray crystal structure of [{Mo(SC6H2Pri3-2,4,6)(OMe)(PMePh2)}2(µ-S)2]
Abstract
The complexes [MoH(SC6H2R3-2,4,6)3(PR′Ph2)]1(R = Me or Pri; R′= Me or Et) in THF–MeOH decompose via cleavage of an aryl carbon–sulphur bond to give C6H3R3-2,4,6 and complexes [{Mo(SC6H2R3-2,4,6)(OMe)(PR′Ph2)}2(µ-S)2], 3, one of which (R = Pri, R′= Me) has been characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction.