Molybdenum, tungsten, and manganese carbonyl compounds incorporating novel tridentate chelating dimethyl(1-pyrazolyl)(ethanolamino)gallate ligands
The coordinating properties of the tridentate tris-chelating ligand, [Me2Ga(OCH2CH2NH2)(N2C3H3)]−, and its three methyl substituted derivatives (methyl substitution on the amino nitrogen and the 3,5 positions of the pyrazolyl ring) have been studied in a series of molybdenum, tungsten, and manganese carbonyl compounds. Mixed allyl carbonyl and nitrosyl carbonyl compounds of both molybdenum and tungsten have been characterized, and a series of tricarbonyl manganese compounds studied. All the complexes are monomeric octahedral species having the tris-chelating ligands in fac coordination. Steric factors influence the arrangement of the three remaining groups in the mixed octahedral complexes (i.e. allyl carbonyl and nitrosyl carbonyl derivatives) and particular site preferences are inferred from spectroscopic measurements.