Room temperature ligand fragmentation in the reaction between PhCCo3(CO)9 and Ph2PN(Me)N(Me)PPh2. X-ray diffraction structure of PhCCo3(CO)8[Ph2PP(O)Ph2]

The cobalt cluster PhCCo3(CO)9 reacts with the bis(phosphanyl)hydrazine ligand bis(diphenylphosphino)dimethylhydrazine (dppdmh) in CH2Cl2 with added Me3NO to give the monosubstituted cluster PhCCo3(CO)8[Ph2PP(O)PPh2] as the major isolable product. The solid-state structure of this new cluster was unequivocally established by X-ray diffraction analysis, which has confirmed the presence of a noncoordinated (O)PPh2 moiety. PhCCo3(CO)8[Ph2PP(O)Ph2] crystallizes in the triclinic space group P\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document} $$\bar 1$$ \end{document}, a = 12.036(2), b = 12.037(2), c = 15.124(3) Å, α = 84.82(1)°, β = 89.44(2)°, γ = 60.09(1)°, V = 1890.0(6) Å3, Z = 2, and dcalc = 1.540 g/cm3.