Reactions of (SiMe2)(GeMe2) doubly bridged biscyclopentadiene with iron carbonyl and tungsten carbonyl
摘要:
Thermal treatment of (SiMe2)(GeMe2)(C5H4)(2) (1) with Fe(CO)(5) in refluxing xylene provided the normal doubly bridged biscyclopentadienyl diiron tetracarbonyl complex (SiMe2)(GeMe2)[(eta(5)-C5H3) Fe(CO)](2) (mu-CO)(2) (2) and the degermylated product (SiMe2)[(eta(5)-C5H4)Fe(CO)](2)(mu-CO)(2) (4), together with a novel complex (SiMe2)(eta(5)-C5H3)(eta(5):eta(1)-C5H3)[(GeMe2)Fe(CO)(2)][Fe(CO)(2))] (3) containing an Fe-Ge bond, whose formation was accompanied by migration of bridging GeMe2 group from the ligand to iron atom. Similar treatment of 1 with W(CO)(6) afforded the tungsten analogue of compound 4, (SiMe2)(eta(5)-C5H3)(eta(5): eta(1)-C5H3)[(GeMe2)W(CO)(3)][W(CO)(3))] (6) and the degermylated product (SiMe2)[(eta(5)-C5H4)W(CO)(3)](2) (7). A plausible mechanism for formation of 3, and 6 was proposed. The crystal structures of 3, and 6 were determined by X-ray crystallography. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.