Anorganisch-chemisches Institut der Technischen Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, D-8046 Garching Deutschland
Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität München, Meiserstrasse 1, D-8000 München 2 Deutschland
Abstract:
The nucleophilicity of the bridging atom of the selenium complex (μ-Se)(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)2]2 (1) has been demonstrated by addition of the complex cation (η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)2]+: Reaction of 1 with the ionic complex (η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)2-(THF)]BF4] cleanly yields the ionic trinuclear complex (μ3-Se)(η5-C5H5)-Fe(CO)23]BF4] (3). This addition reaction converts the bridging selenium atom from a bent FeSeFe structure into a flattened Fe3Se pyramid (X-ray diffraction studies), without significant changes in the iron-selenium bond lengths (244.9(<1) pm and 242.7(1)/243.3(1)/244.8(1) pm, respectively). These bonds are considered to be single bonds in accord with the EAN rule.