Reaction of [Os4(µ-Cl)(CO)13]– with the [Au(PPh3)]+ cation involving insertion of an Os(CO)4 fragment into the gold–phosphorus bond
Abstract
The reaction of the cluster anion [Os4(µ-Cl)(CO)13]–1 with [Au(PPh3)]– affords the cluster [Os3{µ-AuOs(CO)4(PPh3)}(µ-Cl)(CO)10]2 which represents the first example in which an Os(CO)4 fragment has been inserted in to a gold–phosphine bond; the structure of 2 has been established by a single-crystal X-ray analysis.