Abstract

AbstractHerein, we report the employment of the MoMo quintuple bonded amidinate complex to stabilize Group 10 metal fragments {(Et3P)2M} (M=Pd, Pt) and give rise to the isolation of the unprecedented δ complexes. X‐ray analysis unambiguously revealed short contacts between Pd or Pt and two Mo atoms and a slight elongation of the MoMo quintuple bond in these two compounds. Computational studies show donation of the MoMo quintuple‐bond δ electrons to an empty σ orbital on Pd or Pt, and back‐donation from a filled Pd or Pt dπ orbital into the MoMo δ* level (LUMO), consistent with the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model.

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