Molecular architecture via coordination: quasi-octahedral macrocycles of rhodium and iridium bearing a pentamethylcyclopentadienyl group
Abstract
Reactions of [Cp*MCl2]2 (M = Rh, Ir) with bidentate ligand (L = pyrazine; L′ = diisocyanide) gave [Cp*MCl2(L or L′}]2, which were converted into tetranuclear complexes [Cp*2M2Cl2(L)(L′)]2 (OTf)4 containing different ligands on treatment with Ag(OTf).