Chemical reduction of [Mo
2Cp
2(
![](/images/entities/mgr.gif)
-Cl)(
![](/images/entities/mgr.gif)
-PA
2)(CO)
2] (A = Cy, Ph, OEt) gives the correspondingalkaline metal salts of the triply bonded anions [Mo
2Cp
2(
![](/images/entities/mgr.gif)
-PA
2)(
![](/images/entities/mgr.gif)
-CO)
2]
-, which exhibit both molybdenumand oxygen nucleophilic sites. The PCy
2 anion reactseasily with NH
4+, [AuCl(PR
3)], or MeI to give unsaturated dicarbonyls [Mo
2Cp
2(
![](/images/entities/mgr.gif)
-X)(
![](/images/entities/mgr.gif)
-PA
2)(CO)
2] (X = H,AuPR
3, Me), while [Me
3O]BF
4 gives the methoxycarbyne[Mo
2Cp
2(
![](/images/entities/mgr.gif)
-COMe)(
![](/images/entities/mgr.gif)
-PCy
2)(
![](/images/entities/mgr.gif)
-CO)] and allyl chloride rearranges to give the unsaturated alkenyl complex [Mo
2Cp
2(
![](/images/entities/mgr.gif)
-PCy
2)(
![](/images/entities/mgr.gif)
-CMeCH
2)(CO)
2].