Electron transfer catalysed synthesis of metal carbonyl clusters
Abstract
Electron transfer catalysed reaction between metal carbonyl clusters and metal-centred nucleophiles offer a facile new method of cluster synthesis; the synthesis of the clusters RCCo2M(cp)(CO)8(R = Me, Ph, H, M = Cr, Mo, W) and RCCo2Fe(cp)(CO)7(cp =η5-cyclopentadienyl) are gives as examples.