Emmie Ngai-Man Ho and Wing-Tak Wong
The reaction of [Os3(CO)11(NCMe)] with bis(diphenylthiophosphinoyl)amine [Ph2P(S)NHP(S)Ph2] in dichloromethane at room temperature afforded two yellow products [Os3(CO)10{Ph2P(SH)NP(S)Ph2 -S,S}] and [Os3H(CO)9{Ph2P(S)NP(S)Ph2 -S,S}] in which the ligand adopts a novel co-ordination mode.