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Synthesis And Chemistry Of Thione-Iron Carbonyl Complexes, Albert Shil-Kwan Chan

Graduate Dissertations and Theses

The first examples of sulfur-donor ligand ortho-metallated complexes were obtained in good to excellent yields by reaction of various thiobenzophenones and a thiobenzoate with diiron enneacarbonyl in benzene at room temperature. The known trinuclear complex S₂Fe₃(CO)₉ was a by-product of these reactions, and complexes of the type (Ar₂C)S₂Fe₂(CO)₆ were formed in several instances. The structures of these complexes were established on the basis of microanalytical and spectral data as well as by reductive cleavage experiments. Oxidative or photolytic cleavage of the ortho-metallated complexes provides a convenient …