Two Approaches to the Synthesis of Bimetallic Cage Complexes of the Tetraoxatetraphosphorinane 4 Ring

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00233a019

Bimetallic cage complexes of the type Mo(CO)44Mo(CO)4 have been prepared by two synthetic routes.For R = ⁱPr2N and (cyclohexyl)2N, direct assemblage from Mo(CO)6 and 2 equiv of the corresponding aminophosphine oxide (R2N)2P(O)H afforded Mo