Basic cluster reactions. 5. Capping reactions of RuCo2(CO)11

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/om50002a021

The cluster RuCo₂(CO)₁₁ reacts under mild conditions with a wide variety of reagents that can act as precursors of four-electron fragments, leading to capping of the RuCo₂ triangle with formation of the μ₃-bridged compounds RuCo₂(CO)₉E (E = PR, AsR, S, Se, R₂C₂, Cp(CO)FeC₂R, Cp(CO)W≡CR, Ru(CO)₄, Co(CO)₃^-).