Octahedral carbyneosmium(II) complexes

The zerovalent carbyneosmium complex, OsCl(CC₆H₄NMe₂)(CO)(PPh₃)₂, reacts with molecular oxygen giving a 1/1 adduct which is formulated as a divalent, octahedral complex retaining the unchanged carbyne ligand, and with a dihapto-peroxycarbonyl ligand, O$\text{s(O}{}_2\text{C}$O)Cl(CC₆H₄NMe₂)(PPh₃(₂. Reaction with HCl liberates CO₂ and forms OsCl₂(CC₆H₄NMe₂)(H₂O)(PPh₃)₂]⁺ from which have been derived, and structurally characterised by X-ray crystallography, the two octahedral complexes, OsCl₂(NCS)(CC₆H₄NMe₂)(PPh₃)₂ and OsCl₂(CC₆H₄NMe₂)(CNR)(PPh₃)₂]⁺. The Os—carbyne distances in these two species are, respectively, 1.75(1) and 1.78(1) Å.