Co-thermolysis of biphe
nyle
ne((C
6H
4)
2) withFe
3(CO)
12 orFe
2(CO)
9 leads to a
ctivatio
nofa biphe
nyle
ne C-C bo
nd to ge
nerateFe
2(CO)
5(
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ntities/mgr.gif">-CO)(
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2,
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4-(C
6H
4)
2)(
1). Similar rea
ctio
nwith Ru
3(CO)
12 affordsRu
2(CO)
5(
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ntities/mgr.gif">-CO)(
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2,
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4-(C
6H
4)
2)(
2) a
ndRu
6(CO)
17(
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ntities/mgr.gif">
6-C)(
3), a
nd therea
ctio
n with Os
3(CO)
12 affordsOs
2(CO)
6(
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ntities/mgr.gif">-
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2,
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4-(C
6H
4)2)(
4) a
ndOs
4(CO)
12(
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4-
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2-(C
6H
3)Ph)(
5). I
n co
ntrast, treati
ng biphe
nyle
ne withOs
3(CO)
10(NCMe)
2 leads to C-Hbo
nd a
ctivatio
nto give(
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ntities/mgr.gif">-H)
2Os
3(CO)
9(
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3-
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2-C
6H
2(C
6H
4))(
6). The
new
compou
nds have bee
nchara
cterizedby eleme
ntal a
nalyses a
nd mass, IR, a
nd NMR spe
ctros
copy. Thestru
ctures of
2,
4, a
nd
5were determi
ned by a
n X-ray diffra
ctio
n study. Compou
nd
2 a
nd
4 ca
n be viewed to
co
ntai
na metalla
cy
clope
ntadie
nyl u
nit whi
ch bi
nds the other metal atom i
n a
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5-fashio
n. Compou
nd
5 is the first butterfly
cluster of the typeOs
4(CO)
12(ary
ne).