Effects of substitutions on cyclopentadienyl rings in complexes with molybdenum-mercury bonds. 95Mo and 199Hg NMR studies

NMR data for 95Mo and 199Hg nuclei have been obtained for new di- and trimetallic complexes Cp′(CO)3MoHgX containing molybdenum-mercury bonds and bulky and/or potentially bifunctional substituted cyclopentadienyl ligands; Cp′=C5HMe2Ph2, C5Me4Bz, C5Bz5, C5H4PPh2 and C5Me4PPh2 (Bz=CH2C6H5; Me =CH3; Ph=C6H5); X=Cp′(CO)3Mo, Cl, Br, 1, SCN. They are discussed within the context of our earlier results reported for analogous complexes with the cyclopentadienyl ligands bearing methyl groups. With the exception of phenyl substituted rings, a rather narrow range of 95Mo chemical shifts is found for the compounds with the same number of different substituents on cyclopentadienyl ligands. An outstandin…