title: Heterotrimetallic complexes of a phenylene-bridged tricarbene ligand.
abstract: Reaction of the benzene-1,3,5-trisimidazolium salt H3-1(Br)3 with [Rh(Cp*)(Cl)2]2 results in the formation of the dinuclear, doubly orthometalated complex [2]Br, which yields, depending on the metal source provided, either a triply orthometalated heterotrimetallic Rh2/Ir complex [3] or trinuclear heterotrimetallic Rh2/Au complexes of types [4a] or [4b].
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie and NRW Graduate School of Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 30, D-48149 Münster, Germany. fehahn@uni-muenster.de.
authors.forename: Ramananda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maity
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schulte to Brinke
authors.forename: F Ekkehardt
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Hahn