Two new types of xenon-carbon species: the zwitterion, 1-(Xe+)C6F4-4-(BF3-), and the dication, [1,4-(Xe)2C6F4]2+.

In the 1:1 reaction of XeF(2) with 1,4-(F(2)B)(2)C(6)F(4) in 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane the insoluble zwitterion 2,3,5,6-tetrafluorophenylene-1-xenonium-4-trifluoroborate, 1-(Xe(+))C(6)F(4)-4-(BF(3)(-)), was formed as the main product (77%) along with the zwitterion, 1-(Xe(+))-cyclo-1,4-C(6)F(6)-4-(BF(3)(-)), the [BF(4)](-) salts of the dication, [1,4-(Xe)(2)C(6)F(4)](2+), and the cation, [1-Xe-cyclo-1,4-C(6)F(6)-4-H](+). The isolation of pure 1-(Xe(+))C(6)F(4)-4-(BF(3)(-)) was feasible after extraction of the byproduct with 27% aq HF. The zwitterion, 1-(Xe(+))C(6)F(4)-4-(BF(3)(-)), was characterized by multi-NMR and Raman spectroscopy and by DSC.

Reactions of dizincocene with sterically demanding bis(iminodi(phenyl)phosphorano)methanes.

Reactions of Cp*(2)Zn(2) with sterically demanding bis(iminodi(phenyl)phosphorano)methanes LH (LH = CH(2)(Ph(2)P=NR)(2) (R = Ph L(1)H, SiMe(3)L(2)H, 2,6-i-Pr(2)C(6)H(3) (Dipp) L(3)H) at ambient temperature occurred with elimination of Cp*H and subsequent formation of the homoleptic complex L(1)(2)Zn(2)1 and the heteroleptic complexes LZnZnCp* (L = L(2)2, L(3)3, L(1)4). 3 is the first structurally characterized heteroleptic organozinc complex with the zinc atoms in the formal oxidation state +1.

Reactions of a β-diketiminate zinc hydride complex with heterocumulenes.

The β-diketiminate zinc hydride MesnacnacZnH (1) reacts with CO(2), C(Ni-Pr)(2) and t-BuNCO at ambient temperature with insertion into the Zn-H bond and subsequent formation of the corresponding formato (2), formamido (3) and formamidinato (4) complexes.

Homoleptic, sigma-bonded octahedral [M(CO)(6)](2+) cations of iron(II), ruthenium(II), and osmium(II). Part 1: Syntheses, thermochemical and vibrational characterizations, and molecular structures as [Sb(2)F(11)](-) and [SbF(6)](-) salts. A comprehensive, comparative study.

Homoleptic octahedral, superelectrophilic sigma-bonded metal carbonyl cations of the type [M(CO)(6)](2+) (M = Ru, Os) are generated in the Bronsted-Lewis conjugate superacid HF/SbF(5) by reductive carbonylation of M(SO(3)F)(3) (M = Ru, Os) or OsF(6). Thermally stable salts form with either [Sb(2)F(11)](-) or [SbF(6)](-) as anion, just as for the previously reported [Fe(CO)(6)](2+) cation. The latter salts are generated by oxidative (XeF(2)) carbonylation of Fe(CO)(5) in HF/SbF(5).