Published in Acta Crystollographica E in March 2020 for organometallic chemistry research on a migratory insertion reaction of molybdenum piano-stool complexes.
We synthesized two compounds that are a type of organometallic (carbon + metal bond) complex named after their resemblance to a piano-stool, using phosphine-induced migratory insertion (two ligands, or molecules, bind to a metal complex). The complexes are electronically and structurally important, and may have applications in industrial or polymeric (plastic) chemistry.
The Cyclopentadienylmolybdenum polycarbonyl complexes somewhat resemble piano stools.
The metal (Mo = molybdenum) complex [Mo(C5H5)(CO)3(CH3)] underwent a migratory insertion with the phosphine ligands DAPTA and PTA, forming the structures shown on the left and right, respectively.