Carbon–sulfur bond cleavage reactions of dibenzothiophene derivatives mediated by iron and ruthenium carbonyls†
Abstract
A thermal reaction of 6-(4′′-dibenzothienyl)-2,2′-bipyridine (bpyDBT) with [Ru3(CO)12] produced a sulfur-bridged triruthenium complex via double carbon–sulfur bond cleavage and CO insertion, while a diiron(I,I) complex containing a thiametallacycle was obtained by a photochemical reaction of bpyDBT with [Fe(CO)5].