Dicarbonyl-1κ -μ-chlorido-2:3κ :-penta-chlorido-2κ ,3κ -[1(η)-toluene]digallium(III)ruthenium(I)(-).

The title compound, [RuGaCl(CH)(CO)] or [(CO)(GaCl)(η-toluene)Ru][GaCl], was isolated from the reaction of GaCl with di-phenyl-silanediol in toluene, followed by the addition of Ru(CO). The compound contains a ruthenium-gallium metal-metal bond with a length of 2.4575 (2) Å.

-Di-aqua-tetra-kis-(tetra-hydro-furan-κ)iron(II) μ-carbonyl-tetra-deca-carbonyl-tetra-chlorido-μ-di-methyl-silanediolato-tetra-galliumtetra-iron(7 -)(-) tetra-hydro-furan tetrasolvate.

The title compound, [Fe(CHO)(HO)][FeGa(CHOSi)Cl(CO)]·4CHO, consists of an iron(II) cation octa-hedrally coordinated by two water mol-ecules () with four tetra-hydro-furans (THF) at equatorial sites. Two additional THF mol-ecules are hydrogen bonded to each of the water mol-ecules. The dianion of the title compound is an organometallic butterfly complex with a dimethyl siloxane core and two iron-gallium fragments.

Tetra-carbonyldi-μ-chlorido-di-chlorido-bis-(η-cyclo-penta-dien-yl)diirondigallium(2 ).

The title compound, [FeGa(CH)Cl(CO)], has an iron-gallium bond distance of 2.3028 (3) Å. The gallium atoms are connected by two bridging chlorine atoms, each gallium also has one terminal chlorine.

Poly[octa-carbonyl-heptakis-(tetra-hydro-furan)-diironmanganesedisodium(2 -)].

The reaction of NaFe(CO) with an excess of MnCl in tetra-hydro-furan (THF) produced {FeMn(CHO)Na(CHO)(CO)] or CHFeMnNaO. The compound is a xenophilic dianion with short iron-manganese bond lengths of 2.6274 (10) and 2.

Terminal Coordination of a Gallium(I) Species to a Transition Metal. Syntheses and Crystal Structures of Ru{GaCl(THF)(2)}{GaCl(2)(THF)}(2)(CO)(3).0.5THF and Ru(2){GaCl(2)(THF)}(2)(CO)(8).

The reaction of Ru(3)(CO)(12) with Ga(2)Cl(4) in the presence of gallium metal in refluxing toluene, followed by crystallization from tetrahydrofuran, produces Ru{GaCl(THF)(2)}{GaCl(2)(THF)}(2)(CO)(3).0.5 THF (1) and Ru(2){GaCl(2)(THF)}(2)(CO)(8) (2) (THF = tetrahydrofuran).