CHEMISTRY OF μ-DITHIOBIS(TRICARBONYLIRON), AN INORGANIC MIMIC OF ORGANIC DISULFIDES II. NUCLEOPHILIC S-S BOND CLEAVAGE BY ORGANOLITHIUM AND ORGANOMAGNESIUM REAGENTS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(85)87316-2

Organolithium and Grignard reagents cleave the S-S bond of (μ-S2)Fe2(CO)6 at -78 deg C to give intermediates of type (μ-RS)(μMS)Fe2(CO)6 (M= Li or MgX).These may be alkylated with organic halides to produce complexes of type (μ-RS)(μ-R'S)Fe2(CO)6 and prot