Volume 39, Issue 20 pp. 3697-3699
Communication

Pb22− as Ligand in [Ph4P]2[{W(CO)5}4Pb2]

Peter Rutsch Dipl.-Chem.

Peter Rutsch Dipl.-Chem.

Anorganisch-chemisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120 Heidelberg (Germany) Fax: (+49) 6221-545-707

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Gottfried Huttner Prof. Dr.

Gottfried Huttner Prof. Dr.

Anorganisch-chemisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120 Heidelberg (Germany) Fax: (+49) 6221-545-707

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This work was supported by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie and by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 247).

Abstract

Pb22− forms the axle of the cartwheel-shaped compound [{(CO)5W}4Pb2]2− (see picture for structure). The Pb−Pb distance of 281 pm is the shortest of this kind observed so far, and is in agreement with the idea of a coordinatively stabilized diplumbaacetylide ion.

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