Dinuclear metal complex tungsten

I should like to propose that all the types of reactions which have been established for mononuclear transition metal complexes will also occur for dinuclear transition metal complexes, and furthermore, that the latter will show additional modes of reactivity which are uniquely associated with the metal-metal bond. In this article, I shall support this proposal by illustrations taken from the reactions of dinuclear compounds of molybdenum and tungsten, two elements which enter into extensive dinuclear relationships (J ). 

Bildstein et al. have previously shown that Fc functionalised NHC (annulated and nonan-nulated) can be successfully employed to synthesise a broad range of transition metal complexes [166]. These include palladium, tungsten and mercury. Interestingly, two different species of mercury NHC complexes could be synthesised and structurally characterised (see Figure 4.49), with the dinuclear complex being the precursor for the mononuclear one. 

Both, glucaric acid 62 and galactaric acid 63 form mono- and dinuclear peroxide complexes with molybdenum(VI and tungsten(VI). In all of them one or two a-alkoxidocarboxylato moieties are chelating the metal centers. The dinuclear species is predominantly formed in solutions with a molar ratio of metahligand of 2 1 [64]. 

Reaction of [S(CCPh)2] with [Co2(CO)g] afforded 2 jhe crystallographically characterised adduct [(PhCC)S Co2(CO)6(Ti2-CCPh) ] which, on treatment with further [Co2(CO)g] afforded [S Co2(CO)6(Tl2-CCPh) 2l. The reaction of pentacarbonyl allyloxy((4-methylphenyl)ethynyl)carbene) chromium and tungsten complexes with dicobalt octacarbonyl afforded 63 tpe alkyne complexes (62) (M = Cr, W), which failed to undergo intramolecular Pauson-Khand reactions instead, at room temperature, a 1,2-elimination occurs, regenerating the metal hexacarbonyl with predominant formation of dinuclear cobalt complexes (63) - (65). 

The reactivity of phosphasilenes with organic compounds, for example, [2 + 2]-cycloaddition reaction (8) has been intensively investigated. The reactivity of phosphasilenes with transition metal complexes, however, is comparatively unexplored (9,10). The described phosphasilene 1 can imdergo unprecedented EtZ isomerization of the Si=P bond upon coordination to tungsten (11). Another remarkable reactivity study describes the coordination of group 10 transition metals to phosphasilene 1 generating dinuclear platinum and palladium complexes with Si—P bond cleavage and a bissilylene nickel complex from a Ni(0) precursor (12). 

Among the more interesting metal-metal multiple bonded complexes are the hexaalkoxo dinuclear tungsten and molybdenum complexes, fM,(OR),J [Pg.418]

The striking advance since 1973 has been the synthesis of homoleptic isocyanides for vanadium and almost all of the post-group-VIA metals up to group IB (see Table I), and this has been helped in some respects by synthetic rationale. For example, the discovery of the simple reductive or nonreduc-tive cleavage of multiple metal-metal bonds in suitable dinuclear complexes of molybdenum and tungsten has provided a high yield route to W(CNPh)6 and [M(CNR)7]2+ (M = Mo, W) and related complexes (5-14). During these studies the series [M(CNR)7]2+ was completed with the isola-... 

A number of attempts have been made over the years to develop reproducible synthetic routes to six- and seven-coordinate isocyanide complexes of molybdenum and tungsten. Two of the older methods, namely, the reaction of the hexacarbonyls with halogens in the presence of an isocyanide (775,116) or reactions of the salt Ag4Mo(CN)8 with isocyanides (74), have given six- and seven-coordinate products. Recently, however, the discovery of the reductive or nonreductive cleavage of multiple metal - metal bonds in dinuclear group VIA compounds by isocyanides has provided a facile route to the synthesis of a variety of homoleptic and related isocyanide complexes of these metals in reasonable yields. 

Heterometal alkoxide precursors, for ceramics, 12, 60-61 Heterometal chalcogenides, synthesis, 12, 62 Heterometal cubanes, as metal-organic precursor, 12, 39 Heterometallic alkenes, with platinum, 8, 639 Heterometallic alkynes, with platinum, models, 8, 650 Heterometallic clusters as heterogeneous catalyst precursors, 12, 767 in homogeneous catalysis, 12, 761 with Ni—M and Ni-C cr-bonded complexes, 8, 115 Heterometallic complexes with arene chromium carbonyls, 5, 259 bridged chromium isonitriles, 5, 274 with cyclopentadienyl hydride niobium moieties, 5, 72 with ruthenium—osmium, overview, 6, 1045—1116 with tungsten carbonyls, 5, 702 Heterometallic dimers, palladium complexes, 8, 210 Heterometallic iron-containing compounds cluster compounds, 6, 331 dinuclear compounds, 6, 319 overview, 6, 319-352... 

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