Synthesis of nonanuclear heterometallic carbide clusters. Unexpected formation of the [Ru6(CO)16]2−[Pt2(CO)2(dppm)2]2+ ion pair on the way to [Ru6C(CO)16Pt3(dppm)2]†
Abstract
A novel trimetallic cluster [Ru5CRh2Pt2(CO)16(dppm)2] (3) was synthesized via coupling of two neutral clusters—[Ru5C(CO)15] and [Rh2Pt2(CO)6(dppm)2]. The structure of this mixed metal complex was established using