[Cp2(OC)4Mo2(μ-PH2)(μ-H)] as a useful building block toward heterometallic clusters containing a naked phosphorus atom

The reactivity of the title complex [Cp-2(OC)(4-)Mo-2(mu -PH2)(mu -H)] toward a variety of metal carbonyls has been investigated. In each case heterometallic clusters are formed in which the phosphorous has been dehydrogenated to yield, for example [{Cp(OC)(2)Mo}(2)PMn-(CO)(4)], which contains a trigonal planar phosphorous atom.