Synthesis and characterization of [(CO)4FeL-L] and [(CO)4FeL-LFe(CO)4] wherein L-L is N(CH2CH2)3N and also P(NMeNMe)3P in the latter complex: single crystal X-ray molecular structure of [Fe(CO)4DABCO]

Herein we report the syntheses and characterization of the novel title mono- and dinuclear compounds from pentacarbonyliron. They were obtained in a stepwise manner by UV irradiation of [Fe(CO)5] with the appropriate ligand in THF and were characterized by ¹H, 13C, 13C{¹H} 31P and 31P{¹H} NMR spectroscopy, by IR spectroscopy and by elemental analysis. The single crystal X-ray molecular structure of [Fe(CO)4(DABCO)] is described. The 13C{¹H} NMR spectra of each of the title complexes reveal their fluxional behavior, which presumably occurs via Berry pseudorotation.

DABCO; tetracarbonyliron; NMR spectroscopy