Reaction of pentacarbonyl-manganese(-I) and -rhenium(-I) with metal carbonyl halide derivatives

David L. Morse, Mark S. Wrighton

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Abstract

Studies are reported related to the reaction of M(CO)5- (M = Mn, Re) with XM(CO)3L, XM(CO)5, and XRe(CO)3(pyridine)2 (X = Cl, Br, I; M = Mn, Re; L = 2,2′-bipyridine, 1,10-phenanthroline, 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane, 2,2′-biquinoline, 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline, o-phenylenebis(dimethylarsine), and cis-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethylene) which may yield metalmetal bonded complexes. Neither XM(CO)5 nor XRe(CO)3(pyridine)2 react at 25°C, and for XM(CO)3L only those complexes which are easily reduced (L = 2,2′-bipyridine, 1,10-phenanthroline, 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline, and 2,2′-biquinoline) readily yield products of the formula M2(CO)8L. The data suggest that the metalmetal bond formation is not via a simple nucleophilic attack mechanism but likely involves prior electron transfer to generate XM(CO)3L-.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)71-77
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Organometallic Chemistry
Volume125
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 25 1977

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