Tungsten hexacarbonyl complexes with carbonyls

Chromium or tungsten hexacarbonyl react with the dilithiated dianimis, LiNRCH2C(R )CHLi, to give lithiated butyrolactams. Initial attack of the dianion on a coordinated carbonyl results in an anionic carbene complex which undergoes an intramolecular cyclisation to the product. ... 

Most of the work is done with carbonyl complexes of group-VIA metals. Tungsten hexacarbonyl reacts at RT with methyllithium in solvents such as diethylether or THF almost quantitatively with addition of the carbanion to the carbon atom of a coordinated CO to give the lithium salt of acetylpentacarbonyl tungstate. This complex can be converted by aqueous tetramethylammonium bromide into the more stable tetramethyl-ammonium salt ... 

The photochemical synthesis of the tungsten carbonyl metallocarborane [Eq. (18) ] is also effective in the preparation of the molybdenum carbonyl analog. The resulting air-sensitive complexes show chemical behavior similar to the cyclopentadienyl analogs, C5H5M(CO)3, in that they undergo protonation with anhydrous HOI and met.hylation with CH3I. They also react further with metal hexacarbonyls to afford bimetallic complexes 54) ... 

---