Mixed-Metal Cluster Chemistry. 4. Synthesis and X-ray
Crystal Structure of Cp3W3Ir4(μ-H)(CO)12

Waterman, Susan M.; Humphrey, Mark G.; Hockless, David C. R.

doi:10.1021/om950802g.s001

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Mixed-Metal Cluster Chemistry. 4. Synthesis and X-ray Crystal Structure of Cp₃W₃Ir₄(μ-H)(CO)₁₂

journal contribution

posted on 1996-03-19, 00:00 authored by Susan M. Waterman, Mark G. Humphrey, David C. R. Hockless

Heating Cp₂W₂Ir₂(CO)₁₀ with triphenylamine in refluxing tetrahydrofuran affords Cp₃W₃Ir₄(μ-H)(CO)₁₂ (1) in poor yield; an X-ray structural study reveals that the molecule consists of a trigonal bipyramidal CpW{Ir(CO)₂}₄ unit bicapped by CpW(CO)₂ fragments.