Tricarbonyl(chlorodiphenylstannyl){η5-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]cyclopentadienyl}molybdenum

Abstract

Reaction of the tricarbonyl{η5-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]cyclopentadienyl}molybdenum anion and dichloridodiphenylstannane affords the title compound, [MoSn(C6H5)2Cl(C9H14N)(CO)3], which exhibits a four-legged piano-stool geometry with chloridodiphenylstannyl ligands unperturbed by the pendant 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl groups. The Mo—Sn bond length [2.7584 (5) Å] and the distortion of the tetrahedral tin coordination geometry are similar to those observed in related tin-substituted tricarbonylmolybdenum and -tungsten complexes.