Triosmium anionic clusters

Examples of O-alkylation have also been demonstrated for triruthenium and triosmium anionic clusters, as well as the tetrairon cluster Fe CO)] - (31-33). This reaction has considerable promise as an entry into many different methylidyne complexes through the replacement of the OR" group, eq. 20 (38). 

The bis[triphenylphosphoranylidene]ammonium salt of the anionic hydridoundecacar-bonyltriosmate cluster reacted with bis[4-methoxyphenyl] tellurium dichloridc in dichloro-methane to form in 7 percent yield a neutral triosmium cluster with one bridging 4-methoxybenzene tellurolate group2. 

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