Abstract

Cothermolysis of white phosphorus (P4) with (h5-C5Me5)2(CO)nW2 (C5Me5 = pentamethylcyclopentadienyl; n = 4, 6) as well as (h5-C5Me4R)V(CO)4 affords the triple-decker sandwich complexes (η5-C5Me5)W2(m,h6-cycloP6) (I) and (η5-C5Me4R)V2(m,h6-cycloP6) (II; R = Me, Et). I and II (R = Et) were characterized by x-ray structure analyses. Electrochem., ESR, and electronic spectroscopy measurements of I, II (R = Me), (η5-C5Me5)Cr2-P5, and (η5-C5Me5)Mo2-P6 were reported. An empirical valence-electron rule for triple-decker complexes is derived. on SciFinder(R)

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