Th
e m
ethyltris(3,5-dim
ethylpyrazolyl)silan
e ligand, Tps
Me2, was r
eadily pr
epar
ed by th
e m
etath
esis r
eaction ofm
ethyltrichlorosilan
e with 3
equiv of lithium 3,5-dim
ethylpyrazolat
e. Th
e octah
edral tricarbonyl compl
ex
es(Tps
Me2)M(CO)
3 w
er
e synth
esiz
ed
eith
er by ligand
exchang
e with th
e labil
e nitril
e adducts M(CO)
3(NCR)
3 (M =Cr, Mo, R = M
e; M = W, R = Et) or th
ermally by dir
ect substitution on th
e h
exacarbonyls M(CO)
6 (M = Cr,Mo). Th
e thr
ee n
ew compl
ex
es w
er
e charact
eriz
ed by a combination of analytical and sp
ectroscopic t
echniqu
es,including
el
ectrospray ionization mass sp
ectrom
etry and singl
e-crystal X-ray diffraction. Th
ey ar
e all isostructuraland display in th
e solid stat
e th
e exp
ect
ed distort
ed octah
edral g
eom
etri
es with facially coordinat
ed tris(pyrazolyl)silan
e ligands. Crystallographic data w
er
e us
ed to calculat
e th
e ligand con
e angl
es (251-264
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es/
entiti
es/d
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Me2)M(CO)
3 and also to
estimat
e a valu
e of 1.59 Å for th
e coval
ent radius of octah
edral W(0).