title: Ir3Co6 and Co3Fe3 dithiolene cluster complexes: multiple metal-metal bond formation and correlation between structure and internuclear electronic communication.
abstract: π-Conjugated trinuclear iridium and cobalt dithiolenes undergo multiple metal-metal bond formation with Co(2)(CO)(8) and Fe(CO)(5), giving rise to Ir(3)Co(6) nonanuclear and Co(3)Fe(3) hexanuclear cluster complexes 5 and 6, respectively. 5 retains a planar framework and intense π conjugation across the three iridadithiolenes and the phenylene bridge, which results in intense electronic communication among the three Co(2)(CO)(5) units in reduced mixed-valent states.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsukada
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Ryota
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kambe
authors.forename: Tomoji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozeki
authors.forename: Hiroshi
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authors.lastname: Nishihara