
%0 Journal Article
%A Bruce, Michael I. 
%A Skelton, Brian W. 
%A Werth, Anja 
%A White, Allan H. 
%T Preparation and Molecular Structure of Os<emph type="8">3</emph>(&micro;<emph type="8">3</emph>-Me<emph type="8">3</emph>SiC<emph type="8">2</emph>C&equiv;CSiMe<emph type="8">3</emph>)(&micro;-OMe)<emph type="8">2</emph>(CO)<emph type="8">9</emph>
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 2001/08/01
%V 54
%N 2
%P 93-96
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH01025
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH01025 
%X The crystal and molecular structures of Os3(&#181;3-Me3SiC2C&#8801;CSiMe3)(&#181;-OMe)2(CO)9, obtained serendipitously from a reaction between complex Os3(&#181;3-Me3SiC2C&#8801;CSiMe3)(&#181;-CO)(CO)9 and OsBr(PPh3)2Cp, are reported. The Os3 cluster core has opened as a result of one CO ligand being replaced by two OMe groups to form a 52-electron complex with only one Os&#8211;Os bond. The two non-bonded Os&#8211;Os vectors are each bridged by an OMe group, while the geometry of the C2Os3 fragment is little changed from that found in Os3 (3-PhC2C&#8801;CPh)(-CO)(CO)9. Manuscript received: 26 March 2001. 
