A novel route to thiocarbonyl–metal complexes via electron transfer to (η2-CS2R)-metal cations
Abstract
The reduction with sodium-amalgam of the cations [Fe(η2-CS2Me)(CO)2L2]PF6(1), containing basic phosphines L (PMe3, PMe2Ph, PBun3), gives rise to low-valent thiocarbonyl–iron complexes Fe(CS)(CO)2L2(3).