“…The mechanism by which [CpFe(CO)(Me 2 BrSb-μ-Br-SbBrMe 2 )] forms is not immediately evident, and it is clear that other products must be present. The closest analogue, the spectroscopically characterized [CpFe(CO)(SbPh 3 ) 2 ][BF 4 ], was formed via sequential displacement of the thioether ligands from [CpFe(CO)(SMe 2 ) 2 ][BF 4 ] and has an identical CO stretching band (1973 cm –1 ) in the solution infrared spectrum, demonstrating an approximate equivalence in the net bonding ability for the haloalkyl stibine and triaryl stibine ligands . However, the displacement of a CO group, which we have shown to be reproducible in this system, has not been observed in analogous reactions of the [CpFe(CO) 2 ] + fragment with other stibine ligands, even potentially chelating alkyl-substituted distibines .…”