Abstract:
Synthetic, spectroscopic and structural investigations as well as theoretical calculations show that reaction of the d0, four-electron donor alkyne complex [{WCl4(PhC2Ph)}2] with the silylamines Me3SiNHR (R = CMe3, CHMe2, CH2Me, 2,6-CHMe2Ph) leads to d2, two-electron donor alkyne complexes containing organoimido ligand.