React
ion of the early-late heterob
imetall
ic co
mplexes [Cp
tt2Zr(
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ies/
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3-S)
2{M(CO)}
2(
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it
ies/
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if">-dpp
m)] (M = Rh,Ir) w
ith dpp
m (b
is-(d
iphenylphosph
ino)
methane) y
ields the co
mpounds [Cp
tt2Zr(
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ies/
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if">-S)
2M(
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it
ies/
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if">-CO)
2(
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it
ies/
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if">-dpp
m)M(
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ifchars/eta.g
if" BORDER=0 >
2-dpp
m)] (M = Rh (
3), Ir (
4)). The
molecular structure of
3 shows a bent tr
imetall
ic ZrRhRhcha
in w
ith tetrahedral, tr
igonal-b
ipyra
midal, and square-pyra
midal geo
metr
ies, respect
ively. Th
is tr
inuclearco
mpound exh
ib
its a
mixed-valence Rh(II)-Rh(0)
metal-
metal bonded un
it that results fro
m the unusualchelat
ing coord
inat
ion of the
metallol
igand [Cp
tt2Zr(S)
2]
2- and
is further stab
il
ized by the presence oftwo unsy
mmetr
ical br
idg
ing carbonyl l
igands, wh
ich
interact w
ith the unsaturated Rh(II)
metal. Thefor
mat
ion of
3 is revers
ible, and the equ
il
ibr
iu
m 1 + dpp
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3 has been observed
in solut
ion (
K ![](/<font color=)
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ies/ap.g
if"> 16at 22
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ies/deg.g
if">C
in C
6D
6). The open
ing of the tr
iangular core
in the heterotr
imetall
ic co
mpound [Cp
tt2Zr(
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it
ies/
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if">
3-S)
2{Rh(CO)}{Ir(CO)}(
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it
ies/
mgr.g
if">-dpp
m)] (
5)
is not select
ive and g
ives the co
mpounds [Cp
tt2Zr(
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it
ies/
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if">-S)
2Rh(
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it
ies/
mgr.g
if">-CO)
2(
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it
ies/
mgr.g
if">-dpp
m)Ir(
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images/g
ifchars/eta.g
if" BORDER=0 >
2-dpp
m)] (
6) and [Cp
tt2Zr(
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it
ies/
mgr.g
if">-S)
2Ir(
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it
ies/
mgr.g
if">-CO)
2(
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it
ies/
mgr.g
if">-dpp
m)Rh(
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ifchars/eta.g
if" BORDER=0 >
2-dpp
m)] (
7)
in a 3:1
molar rat
io.