Advances in Transition Metal Seleno- and Tellurocarbonyl Chemistry

Abstract

In contrast to the ubiquity of transition-metal carbonyl, and (to a lesser extent) thiocarbonyl complexes, transition-metal complexes of carbon monoselenide Ln MCSe and monotelluride Ln MCTe remain scarce. The last few years, however, have seen notable steps towards expanding this chemistry, specifically with regards to new systematic studies on homologous sets of chalcocarbonyl complexes Ln MCE (E=O, S, Se, Te), the first reports of new bi- and polynuclear CSe and CTe bridging complexes and a confluence with metal carbido chemistry. Herein the properties, syntheses and reactions of these rare but fundamentally intriguing compounds are discussed.