Use of the anions 2- and - (L = bidentate phosphines) in the synthesis of mercury-transition metal clusters

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(91)83285-C

The reaction of the PPN⁺ (bis(triphenylphosphine)nitrogen(1+)) salt of ^2- with ClHg-m complexes (m=Mo(CO)3CP, W(CO)3Cp, Fe(CO)2CP, Mn(CO)5, and Co(CO)4) gives high yields of the new trimetallic clusters (PPN)<(OC)5WHgm> alo