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Interaction of alkyl halides with the di-ironoctacarbonylate anion: The crystal structures of the tetraethylammonium salts of the μ-acetyl-C1(Fe1, Fe2)O(Fe1, Fe3)-nonacarbonyl-triangulo-triferrate and μ2-carbonylnonacabonyl-μ3-2,4-dioxapentylidyne-triangulo-triferrate anions

  • Wai Kwok Wong*
  • , Geoffrey Wilkinson
  • , Anita M.R. Galas
  • , Michael B. Hursthouse
  • , Mark Thornton-Pett
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The di-iron carbonylate anion [Fe2(CO)8]2- reacts with methyl iodide and with chloromethyl methyl ether to give, respectively, the tri-iron cluster anions [Fe3(CO) 9(μ-MeCO)]- and [Fe3(CO)9(μ- CO)(μ3-COCH2-OMe)]-, the former having a new type of bridging acetyl group.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)189-191
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 1981

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