0000000000131925
AUTHOR
Maria Domenica Grillone
Chemistry of ?-hydridobis[pentacarbonylchromium(0)] species. Part III. Redox reactions with mercury(II) compounds and iodine
[Cr2(CO)10(μ-H)]− undergoes ready hydride substitution on reaction with HgX2 (X = Cl, Br, I or SCN) or with iodine in acetone, yielding [Cr2(CO)10(μ-X)]− complex species which can be converted quantitatively into [Cr(CO)5X]− anions by reactions conducted in the presence of an excess of X−.
Interesting synthetic routes from the reinvestigation of the reaction of the M(CO)6 (M=Cr, Mo and W) species with KOH
Reinvestigation of the reaction of M(CO)6 (M=Cr, Mo or W) with KOH has been found to provide a very convenient route to the K[M2H(CO)10] compounds (M=Cr, Mo or W). The reaction involving Cr(CO)6 yields new potassium derivatives containing [Cr2(CO)10]2− and [HCr(CO)5]− species; also K[Cr2D(CO)10] is produced from the Cr(CO)6/KOD interaction in C2D5OD. The reaction involving two different group 6 metal carbonyls yields [MM′(CO)10(μ-H)]− (MM′=CrMo, CrW or WMo) species as their K+ and PPN+ [bis(triphenylphosphine)iminium] salts.