[1−3-η-1-Methoxy-anti-2,3-bis(methoxycarbonyl)prop-2-en-1-ylidene]tricarbonyliron
(5) reacts with Ru(CO)3(COD) to give a heterobinuclear
vinylcarbene complex, [μ-(1-methoxy-anti-2-(methoxycarbonyl)-μ-3-(methoxycarbonyl)-1−3-η-prop-2-en-1-ylidene)]hexacarbonyl(Fe−Ru) (7) in 78% yield. The complex 7
reacts with triphenylphosphine to give a substituted
complex,
[μ-(1-methoxy-anti-2-(methoxycarbonyl)-μ-3-(methoxycarbonyl)-1−3-η-prop-2-en-1-ylidene)(triphenylphosphine)]pentacarbonyl(Fe−Ru)
(8) in 52% yield. The carbonyl group
on ruthenium trans to the iron atom in 7 was
substituted by the phosphine.