The compound [W(rCR)(CO),(q-C,H,)] (R = C6H,Me-4) reacts with the rhenium compounds [ Re,(CO) 0] , [ Re2(p-Br),(thf)z(CO)s] (thf = tetrahydrofuran), and [ ReBr( NCMe),(CO),] to afford, respectively, the cluster complexes [ Re2W (p3-C R) (CO) (q-C5 HThe latter compound has been structurally characterrsed by an X-ray diffraction study. A ReW, triangle of metal atoms [W-w 2.620( 1 ), Re-W 2.867(1) and 2.91 2( 1 ) A] is asymmetrically capped by a CC6H,Me-4 ligand [p3-C-Re 2.248(12), p3-C-W 2.035(14) and 2.050(11) A], and is edge-bridged by CC6H4Me-4, Br, and CO groups, with the latter being asymmetrically bound [W-C-0 155(1)"]. The two tungsten atoms carry cyclopentadienyl ligands, and the rhenium atom three terminally bound CO groups. The compound [ ReW,(p-Br))2] which was also characterised by X-ray diffraction. This complex is structurally similar to its precursor but with the significant differences of the p-CO ligand being replaced by p -0 and the capping CC6H4Me-4 being very asymmetrically bound to the metal triangle [p3-C-Re 2.51 5(20), p3-C-W 2.01 7( 19) and 2.7 74( 7 8)A]. In addition to reacting with oxygen, the compound [reacts with sulphur. The nature of the product is described, and the n.m.r. spectra ('H and l3C-(l H)) of all the new compounds are reported and discussed in relation to their established or proposed structures.In a variety of reactions using the tolylmethylidynetungsten compound [W(XR)(C0)2(q-C5H5)] (R = C6H4Me-4) we have described the preparation of trimetal cluster complexes with core structures M2W(p3-CR) (closo with M = Mo, W, Fe, Co, or Rh; butterfly with Pt or Cu), MM'W(p3-CR) (closo with M = Fe, M' = Co, Rh, or Pt; butterfly with M = Pt, M' = = Cu), MW2(p-CR)2 (M = Ni, Pd, Pt, Ag, or Au), MW2[~3-(q2-I_)RC2Rl (M = Fe), and MW[p3-(q2-II)-RC2R] (M = Ru or OS).*-~ However, we have not as yet described trimetal clusters derived from [W(3ZR)(C0)2(q-C5Hs)] and involving the elements manganese or rhenium. In this paper we report some cluster compounds with rheniumtungsten bonds and bridging p-CR and p3-CR groups.
Results and DiscussionBased on the isolobal r n ~d e l , ~ and our previous synthesis of the cluster compound [COZW(~~-CR)(CO)~(~-CSH~)] (R = C6H4Me-4),4 the trimetal complex [Re2W(p3-CR)(CO)l~-(q-C5H5)] would be expected to exist because of the relationships (i). Unlike [Co2(CO),], however, decarbonyldirhenium is relatively inert. For example, it does not readily react with alkynes as does the dicobalt species. Since there is a similarity between the reactivity patterns of [W(XR)(CO)2(q-CsH5)] * 1,2-p-Bromo-l,3-~-carbonyl-and 1,2-p-bromo-l,3-poxo-l, 1,ltricarbonyl-2,3-bis(q-cyclopen tadienyl)-2,3-p-p-tolylmethylidyne-p3-p-tolylmet hylidyne-triangulo-rheniumditungsten. Supplementary data available (No. SUP 23919, 55 pp.