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Interesting synthetic routes from the reinvestigation of the reaction of the M(CO)6 (M=Cr, Mo and W) species with KOH

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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.