Phosphine addition to the sigma,pi-thienyl complex [Fe-2(CO)(6)(mu-Th)(mu-PTh2)] (Th = C4H3S): Carbonyl substitution and migratory carbonyl insertion to give the thienyl-acyl complexes [Fe-2(CO)(4)(diphosphine)(mu-O=C-Th)(mu-PTh2)]
The reactivity of the sigma,pi-thienyl complex [Fe-2(CO)(6)(mu-Th)(mu-PTh2)] (1) towards a range of phosphines has been studied. With PR3 (R = Ph, Th) carbonyl substitution affords [Fe-2(CO)(5)(PR3)(mu-Th)(mu-PTh2)] (2ab) as the major product, with smaller amounts of the thienylacyl complexes [Fe-2(CO)(5)(PR3)(mu-O=C-Th)(mu-PTh2)] (3ab) resulting from a migratory carbonyl insertion into the thieny