“…1) system have been undertaken and a number of studies of metal complexes containing this type of ligand have been reported. These include investigations of complexes of Fe(II) [1,2], Ni(II) [2], Hg(II) [3,4], Os(II) [5,6], Ru(II) [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19], Cr(0), Mo(0), W(0) [20,21], Cr(II) [22], Cu(I) [23], Rh(III) [24,25], Rh(I) [26], Ag(I) [27], Re(III) [28], Co(II) [29], Mo(IV) [15], Ru(III) [30], Sn(IV) [31] and organometallic complexes of Re(I) [32] and Sn(IV) [33][34][35][36][37]. In spite of such a wide-ranging series of studies on a variety of metal complexes involving these ligands, the structures of the mer-0277-5387/$ -see front matter Ó 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.…”