Irene. Feinstein

Reactions of stereochemically rigid diisocyanides with manganese carbonyl derivatives

The reactions of BrMn(CO)5 with the non-chelating stereochemically rigid bidentate ligands (L-L) 1,3-, and 1,4-diisocyanobenzene, 4,4′-diisocyanobiphenyl, and 4,4′-diisocyanodiphenylmethane afford well characterized complexes of the types BrMn(CO)4(L-L), BrMn(CO)3(L-L)2, and [BrMn(CO)4]2(L-L). Similar reactions with [RC5H4Mn(CO)2NO]+PF6− gave mixtures of oligomers of the type [(RC5H4MnNO)n(L-L)n+1]n+[PF6−]n.

Co-ordination polymers of rhodium(1+) with di-isocyanonaphthalene (1,4 and 1,5) linkages

The template polymerization of tetragonal rhodium(1+) with 1,4- and 1,5-di-isocyanonaphthalenes gives two-dimensional co-ordination polymers with a stacked layers arrangement; the powder X-ray diffractometric traces of these polymers are presented and discussed.