Perfluormethyl‐Element‐Liganden. XLIII [1] Neue Synthesewege zu Zweikernkomplexen des Typs MM′(CO)8ER2X (M/M′ = Mn/Mn,Mn/Re,Re/Re; E = P,As; R = CF3, Me; X = Hal)

Perfluoromethyl Element Ligands. XLIII 1] Novel Synthetic Routes to Binuclear Complexes of the Type MM′(CO)₈ER₂X (M/M′ = Mn/Mn, Mn/Re, Re/Re; E = P, As; R = CF₃, Me; X = Hal, ) Mn(CO)₅I reacts with compounds of the type (CF₃)₂EAsMe₂ (E = P, As) as with the symmetric E₂(CF₃)₄ ligands in the first step with cleavage of the E‐As bond to yield the pro ducts (CO)₅MnE(CF₃)₂ and Me₂AsI. Reaction of the mononuclear complexes with excess of Mn(CO)₅I leads in good yields to the known dinuclear compounds (CO)₄MnE(CF₃)₂, I]Mn(CO)₄ and CO. Me₂AsI, the second product of the EAs cleavage, attacks the starting compound Mn(CO)₅I giving cis‐Mn(CO)₄I(AsMe₂I) and CO. This result encouraged us to thoroughly investigate the preparation of cis‐M(CO)₄X(EMe₂Y) complexes with most of the possible combinations of M = Mn, Re; E = P, As and X, Y = Cl, Br, I. An alternative route to these compounds was opened by the cleavage of the dinuclear manganese or rhenium halides M₂(CO)₈X₂ with the halophosphanes or ‐arsanes Me₂EY. This route was found to be especially advantageous for the preparation of the rheniumcarbonyl precursors, since milder conditions than for the CO‐substitution in Re(CO)₅X compounds are sufficient for the halogen‐bridged dinuclear complexes. Cis‐M(CO)₄X(EMe₂Y) complexes were used as precursors for the synthesis of novel homo‐ and heterodinuclear complexes of the type (CO)₄M(EMe₂, X)M′(CO)₄ by reacting the EY function with transition metal carbonylates KatM′(CO)₅] (Kat = Na, Bu₄N, Ph₄As). Thus the preparation of a wide range of complexes was possible, which before had been successfully prepared by the direct reaction of Mn₂(CO)₁₀ with Me₂EX only in few cases, e. g. with Me₂AsI. Spectroscopic investigations, using the CO valence frequencies and the ¹H‐NMR data of the ligands EMe₂Y or of the Me₂E bridges, were applied to study the influence of the variables M, M′, E, X, Y and Kat on the reactivity of the mononuclear complexes and the bonding situation in both the mono‐ and the dinuclear systems. The new compounds were characterized by spectroscopic (IR, NMR, MS) and analytic methods (C, H).