Iron tetracarbonyl complexes containing

An iron tetracarbonyl complex (295) ° and a platinum bis(triphenylphosphine) complex of thiete 1,1-dioxide have been prepared. Platinum complexes of 3-phenyl- and 3-(p-bromophenyl) thiete 1,1-dioxide also have been prepared. No complex was obtained with the 3-t-butyl derivative. The pale-yellow, crystalline iron complex decomposes in refluxing hexane in the presence of excess sulfone to Fe2S2(CO)9, indicating a drastic structural rearrangement. Other carbon-containing fragments were not observed. The bis(triphenylarsine)platinum complex of 3-02-bromophenyl) thiete sulfone is decomposed photochemically to the thiete sulfone. The same result is achieved on treatment of the complex with tetra-cyanoethylene. ... 

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