3-Hexyne Complexes of Molybdenum(II) and Tungsten(II). Crystal Structures of [WI2(CO)(PPh3 )2 (η2-EtC2 Et)] and [WI2(CO){Ph2P(CH2)3PPh2}(η2-EtC2Et)]
Treatment of [Ml2(CO)3(NCMe)2] (M = Mo, W) with two equivalents of EtC2Et in CH2CI2 at 0°C yields the bis(3-hexyne) complexes [MI2(CO)(NCMe)(η2-EtC2Et)2] (1 and 2). Complexes 1 and 2 react with two equivalents of PPh3 in CH2CI2 to give the complexes [Ml2(CO)(PPh3)2 (η2-EtC2Et)] (3 and 4). The molecular structure of 4 (M = W) has been crystallographically determined and has a pseudo-octahedral geometry with the two PPh3 ligands trans to each other with the two cis-iodo-ligands, which together with the carbonyl and 3-hexyne ligand are occupying the equatorial plane. Reaction of 1 and 2 with an equimolar amount of Ph2P(CH2)nPPh2 (for M = Mo, n =1; for M = W, n = 1 to 6 ) in CH2CI2 affords the mono(3-hexyne) complexes [Ml2(CO){Ph2P(CH2)nPPh2}(η2-EtC2Et)] (5 - 11). The tungsten complex [Wl2(CO){Ph2P(CH2)3PPh2}(η2-EtC2Et)] (8 ) has also been crystallographically characterised and has cis-phosphorus atoms in the equatorial plane with the carbonyl and one of the iodo-ligands, with the other iodo-ligand and the 3-hexyne occupying the axial sites.