MIXED ALKYL ISOCYANIDE-1,4-DIAZA-1,3-BUTADIENE COMPLEXES OF MOLYBDENUM(II) AND TUNGSTEN(II)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(85)87297-1

The reactions of M(CO)4(R'-DAB) (M = Mo or W; R'-DAB = R'-N=CHCH=NR' (R' = i-propyl, t-butyl, or cyclohexyl)) with SnCl4 in dichloromethane solution result in the formation, in high yield, of the orange, diamagnetic, seven-coordinate oxidative-addition pr