Fission of tertiary phosphites through reaction with hexacarbonylbis-π-cyclopentadienyldimolybdenum

Abstract

The reactions of [π-C5H5Mo(CO)3]2 with tertiary phosphites P(OR)3(R = Me, Et, Pri, Bun, and C3H5) afford as well as {π-C5H5Mo(CO)2[P(OR)3]2}[π-C5H5Mo(CO)3] and [π-C5H5Mo(CO)2P(OR)3]2, the neutral products π-C5H5Mo(CO)2P(OR)3P(O)(OR)2 and π-C5H5Mo(CO)2P(OR)3R which are formed as a result of the fission of the tertiary phosphite ligand; PPh(O–C3H5)2 and PPh2(O–C3H5) yield similar products.