The interactions of the benzothiazolate complex, CpCr(CO)
2(SCSN(C
6H
4)) (
2), and the tetrazole thiolate complex,CpCr(CO)
3(
1-SCN
4Ph) (
3), with controlled amounts of Me
3OBF
4 and (MeO)
2SO
2, respectively, produced thecorrespondi
ng
3-oxo trinuclear thionate-bridged complexes, [Cp
3Cr
3(
2-OH)(
3-O)(
2-
2-SCSN(C
6H
4))
2](
5)BF
4 (45%)and [Cp
3Cr
3(
2-OH)(
3-O)(
2-
2-SCN
4Ph)
2](
9)(MeOSO
3) (53%), together with their respective free dimethylatedthiolate ligands, [MeSCSNMe(C
6H
4)](
4)BF
4 and (Me
2SCN
4Ph)(
8)MeOSO
3. The reaction of
3 with Me
3OBF
4 resultedin the isolation of a binuclear complex, [Cp
2Cr
2(
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-OH)(
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-
2-SCN
4Ph)
2](
7)BF
4 (43%), and (
8)BF
4 (27%). The reactionof the thiopyridine complex, CpCr(CO)
2(SPy) (
4), with I
2 also produced a similar
3-oxo complex
10 (31%), togetherwith CpCrI
2(THF) (
11) and the disulfide (SPy)
2. Similar reactions with
2 and
3 and I
2 yielded species
5 and
7,together with
11 and disulfides derived from their respective ligands. Cyclic voltammograms recorded in solutionsof
5 and
9 indicated that the compounds could be reduced and oxidized at very similar potentials. An EPR spectrumcharacteristic of a compound with axial symmetry was obtained for
9 at 7 K. Si
ngle-crystal X-ray diffraction analysesconfirmed that species
7 is dinuclear, whereas
5 and
9 are structural trinuclear analogues, each containi
ng a
3-oxo central core.