Triple-decker complexes incorporating three distinct deck architectures

Abstract

The reactivity of the dilithioplumbole ([Li2_{2}(thf)2_{2}(μ,η5^{5}-LPb^{Pb})], LPb^{Pb} = 1,4-bis-tert-butyl-dimethylsilyl-2,3-bis-phenyl-plumbolyl) towards the reactive pnictogen precursors P4_{4}, pentaphosphaferrocene, and pentaarsaferrocene ([Cp*Fe(η5^{5}-E5_{5})] (Cp* = η5^{5}-C5_{5}Me5_{5}, E = P, As)) is reported. The reaction with P4_{4} afforded a phospholyl lithium complex, via lead-phosphorus exchange, while the reactions with [Cp*Fe(η5^{5}-E5_{5})] yielded the first examples of Pb–Fe–Li heterotrimetallic triple-decker polypnictogenides with three different deck motifs

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