Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica ed Inorganica, Università di Bologna, viale Risorgimento 4, 40136, Bologna, Italy
Abstract:
The reaction of N(PPh3)2]2Ni6(CO)12] with Cu(PPh3)xCl (x=1, 2), as well as the degradation of N(PPh3)2]2H2Ni12(CO)21] with PPh3, affords the new and unstable dark orange–brown N(PPh3)2]2Ni9(CO)16].THF salt in low yields. This salt has been characterized by a CCD X-ray diffraction determination, along with IR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The close-packed two-layer metal core geometry of the Ni9(CO)16]2? dianion is directly related to that of the bimetallic Ni6Rh3(CO)17]3? trianion and may be envisioned to be formally derived from the hcp three-layer geometry of Ni12(CO)21]4? by the substitution of one of the two outer Ni3(CO)3(μ?CO)3]2? layers with a face-bridging carbonyl group.