TRANSITION METAL CHEMISTRY, cilt.33, sa.6, ss.729-732, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)
The gamma-hydroxypropyl-functionalised diiron dithiolate complex [Fe(2)(CO)(6)(mu-SCH(2)CH(2)CH(2)OH)(2)] is prepared upon thermolysis of Fe(3)(CO)(12) and HO(CH(2))(3)SH and further reaction with dppm (dppm = Ph(2)PCH(2)PPh(2)) affords [Fe(2)(CO)(4)(mu-dppm)(mu-SCH(2)CH(2)CH(2)OH)(2)]. From the reaction of Fe(3)(CO)(12) with dppm(S(2)) a minor product is the tetrairon cluster, [{Fe(2)(CO)(6)(mu-SCH(2)CH(2)CH(2)OH)}(2)(mu(4)-S)], the mode of formation of which is unclear. It has been crystallographically characterised and adopts a mu(4)-S bridged double butterfly structure which is compared with other crystallographically characterised complexes of this type.