M. Clay, T. Brown
1983
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Inorganica Chimica Acta
Abstract
Abstract The reaction of M 2 Cl 6 ·3THT (M = Nb, Ta; THT = tetrahydrothiophene) with various bidentate ligands has been investigated. New molecular species of the type M 2 Cl 6 ·2B [M = Nb, Ta; B = 2,5-dithiahexane, 3,6-dithiaoctane, 2,2′-bipyridine or ethylenebis(diphenylphosphine)] have been isolated in good yields. The ethylenebis(diphenylphosphine) complex of niobium has been reinvestigated and the results are compared to those reported previously. All of the complexes were characterized by chemical analysis, IR, ESR and magnetic susceptibility data. Each of the new complexes show some degree of metalmetal interaction which increases with decreasing temperature.