Chiral hexarhodium carbonyl clusters containing heterobidentate phosphine ligands ; a structural and reactivity study

Some intrinsically chiral [Rh6(CO)14(μ,κ2-PX)] clusters have been synthesized, beginning with reactions of [Rh6(CO)16−x(NCMe)x] (x = 1, 2) with PX, where PX represents the bidentate bridging ligands diphenyl(benzothienyl)phosphine (1), diphenyl(2-thienyl)phosphine (2), di(2-thienyl)phenylphosphine (3), tris(2-thienyl)phosphine (4), diphenyl(2-pyridyl)phosphine (5) and diphenylvinylphosphine (6). The ligand tris(2-furyl)phosphine (7) shows no …