Three new compounds, Ru
4(
4-GePh)
2(
-GePh
2)
2(
-CO)
2(CO)
8 (
11), Ru
4(
4-GePh)
2(
-GePh
2)
3(
-CO)(CO)
8 (
12),and Ru
4(
4-GePh)
2(
-GePh
2)
4(CO)
8 (
13), were obtained from the reaction of H
4Ru
4(CO)
12 with excess Ph
3GeH inoctane (
11 and
12) or decane (
13) reflux. Compound
11 was converted to compound
13 by reaction with Ph
3GeHby heating solutions in nonane solvent to reflux. Compounds
11-
13 each contain a square-type arrangement offour Ru atoms capped on each side by a quadruply bridging GePh ligand to form an octahedral geometry for theRu
4Ge
2 group. Compound
11 also contains two edge-bridging GePh
2 groups on opposite sides of the cluster andtwo bridging carbonyl ligands. Compound
12 contains three edge-bridging GePh
2 groups and one bridging carbonylligand. Compound
13 contains four bridging GePh
2 groups, one on each edge of the Ru
4 square. The reaction ofH
4Os
4(CO)
12 with excess Ph
3GeH in decane at reflux yielded two new tetraosmium cluster complexes, Os
4(
4-GePh)
2(
-GePh
2)
3(
-CO)(CO)
8 (
14) and Os
4(
4-GePh)
2(
-GePh
2)
4(CO)
8 (
15). These compounds are structurallysimilar to compounds
12 and
13, respectively.