The high-spin iron(III) silsesquioxane complexes [N(Bu-n)(4)][(cyclo-C5H9)(7)Si7O12FeCl] and [N(Bu-n)(4)][(cyclo-C5H9)(7)Si7O12Fe(O-SiMe3)] result from the reaction of (cyclo-C5H9)(7)Si7O9(OH)(3) with either [N(Bu-n)(4)][FeCl4] or [N(Bu-n)(4)][Fe(O-SiMe3)(4)], Substitution of the terminal chloride or (trimethyl)silanolate ligands with tert-butoxide produces [N(Bu-n)(4)][(cyclo-C5H9)(7)Si7O12Fe(OCMe3)]. Similar substitution reactions with the methyl ester of N-acetylcysteine produce [N(Bu-n)(4)][(cyclo-C5H9)(7)Si7O12Fe{SCH2CH(NH-COCH3)CO2Me}]. A dimeric complex, [(cyclo-C5H9)(7)Si7O12Fe(NEt3)](2), forms in the reaction of (cyclo-C5H9)(7)Si7O9(OH)(3) with NEt3 and FeCl3. The reaction between (cyclo-C5H9)(7)Si7O9(OH)(2)(OSiMe3) and [Ph4P][Os(N)Cl-4] forms [PPh4][(cyclo-C5H9)(7)Si7O11(OSiMe3)Os(N)Cl-2], a square-pyramidal Os(VI) complex with a bidentate siloxy ligand. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
The high-spin iron(III) silsesquioxane complexes [N(Bu-n)(4)][(cyclo-C5H9)(7)Si7O12FeCl] and [N(Bu-n)(4)][(cyclo-C5H9)(7)Si7O12Fe(O-SiMe3)] result from the reaction of (cyclo-C5H9)(7)Si7O9(OH)(3) with either [N(Bu-n)(4)][FeCl4] or [N(Bu-n)(4)][Fe(O-SiMe3)(4)], Substitution of the terminal chloride or (trimethyl)silanolate ligands with tert-butoxide produces [N(Bu-n)(4)][(cyclo-C5H9)(7)Si7O12Fe(OCMe3)]. Similar substitution reactions with the methyl ester of N-acetylcysteine produce [N(Bu-n)(4)][(cyclo-C5H9)(7)Si7O12Fe{SCH2CH(NH-COCH3)CO2Me}]. A dimeric complex, [(cyclo-C5H9)(7)Si7O12Fe(NEt3)](2), forms in the reaction of (cyclo-C5H9)(7)Si7O9(OH)(3) with NEt3 and FeCl3. The reaction between (cyclo-C5H9)(7)Si7O9(OH)(2)(OSiMe3) and [Ph4P][Os(N)Cl-4] forms [PPh4][(cyclo-C5H9)(7)Si7O11(OSiMe3)Os(N)Cl-2], a square-pyramidal Os(VI) complex with a bidentate siloxy ligand. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.