“…Commercial sulfur powder, selenium powder, and 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine were used as received. [η 5 -RC 5 H 4 Cr(CO) 3 ] 2 (where R ϭ Me, [16] MeCO, [12] MeO 2 C, [12] EtO 2 C [13] ), [CpCr(CO) 2 ] 2 Se [18] and [η 5 -MeC(O)C 5 H 4 Cr(CO) 2 ] 2 Se [4] were prepared according to literature procedures. All reactions were monitored by thin layer chromatography (TLC) at intervals.…”