Highly reduced organometallics XXVII. Synthesis, isolation and characterization of trisodium tricarbonylcobaltate(3-), and initial studies on its derivative chemistry

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(90)85151-N

Reduction of A by three equivalents of A (A = sodium or potassium) in liquid ammonia provides salts containing tricarbonylcobaltate(3-).A satisfactorily pure sodium compound, Na3 is described for the first time.Reactions of A3 w