The reaction of Cp(CO)
3W
- (Cp =
5-C
5H
5) withCH
2I
2 in CH
3CN at -20
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Cgives thedinuclear acetylide complexCp
2(CO)
6W
2(
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-C
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C)(
2). When the same reaction is carriedout in methanol at -20
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C, a dinuclear ketene complex,Cp
2(CO)
5W
2(
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,
1,
2-CH
2CO)(
5), isisolated. The oxygen atom of the ketene unit in
5 isweakly coordinated to one of the tungstenmetal centers. Upon dissolution in CH
3CN at roomtemperature, complex
5 transforms to
2. A bridging methylene complex,Cp
2(CO)
4[P(OMe)
3]
2W
2(
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-CH
2)(
4a), has been isolated,and its facile carbonylation gives a different ketene complex,Cp
2(CO)
2[P(OMe)
3]
2W
2(
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,
1,
1-CH
2CO)(
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-CO) (
6a), inCH
3CN. Treatment of
5 with CO affordsCp
2(CO)
6W
2(
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-CH
2CO)(
8),which, upon reacting with H
2O, ROH (R = Me, Et,PhCH
2), and
i-PrNH
2,generatesmononuclear complexes Cp(CO)
3WCH
2COOH(
9), Cp(CO)
3WCH
2COOR(
12a-c), andCp(CO)
3WCH
2CONH(
i-Pr)(
14), respectively. The more stable Cp' (Cp' =C
5H
4Me) analogues
2',
5', and
8' are also prepared.An experiment using a mixture of
5 and
5' toafford only
2and
2' without the crossover product shows thatintermolecular coupling is not involved inthis transformation. The reaction of
5 withPR
3 (R = OMe, Et, Ph) yields only the
transproductCp
2(CO)
5(PR
3)W
2(
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-CH
2CO)(
10a-
c). But the reaction of
5with
t-BuNC gives boththe
trans and
cis products of the ketene complexCp
2(CO)
5(t-BuNC)W
2(
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-CH
2CO)(
11).Complexes
2',
5',
8', and
11 have been characterized by single-crystal X-raydiffractionanalysis.