Oxidative addition of Group 14 hydrides to osmium(0), osmium(II) and ruthenium(0) complexes. Crystal structures of Os(SiEt3)H(CO)2(PPh3)2 and Os(Ge3)H(CO)2(PPh3)2

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(93)83374-5

Treatment of M(CO)2(PPh3)3 with HER2R' (M=Os; E=Si; R=R'=Me, Et, Ph; R=Ph, R'=H; E=Ge, Sn; R=R'=p-tolyl; M=Ru; E=Ge, Sn; R=R'=p-tolyl) affords the corresponding oxidative addition products M(ER2R')H(CO)2(PPh3)2 (1-8).The crystal structures of two complexe