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WE have previously reported that compounds of type [Mo(diphosphine)3] are obtained from the reaction between dibenzenemolybdenum and the appropriate ditertiary phosphine1, but we were unable to obtain analogous compounds of chromium by this method. We have therefore developed a direct method of preparation which, in addition to the molybdenum compound, has supplied the Me2PCH2CH2PMe2 complexes of vanadium(0), chromium(0) and tungsten(0) as listed in Table 1. These compounds were obtained by reducing a mixture of the metal chloride and three equivalents of the ditertiary phosphine in dry tetrahydrofuran. Lithium aluminium hydride (A) and sodium naphthalide (B) were used to effect reduction.
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Chatt, J., and Watson, H. R., Proc. Chem. Soc., 243 (1960).
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CHATT, J., WATSON, H. Complexes of Zerovalent Vanadium, Chromium, Molybdenum and Tungsten with a Ditertiary Phosphine. Nature 189, 1003–1004 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1891003a0
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