Synthesis and crystal structures of novel group 6B metal carbonyl complexes with N‐(4‐methyl‐2‐ pyridinyl)‐P,P‐diphenylphosphinous amide ligand

The reaction of N‐(4‐methyl‐2‐pyridinyl)‐P,P‐diphenylphosphinous amide ligand 4‐Me‐C5H3N‐2‐NH(PPh2) (1) with M(CO)6 (M = Cr, Mo, W) in refluxing toluene afforded a mononuclear group 6B metal tetracarbonyls [M(CO)4{1‐κ2P,N}] (M = Cr(2), Mo(3), W(4) ). Complexes 2–4 were characterized by multinuclear NMR (1H, 13C and 31P NMR) and IR spectroscopy, and their structures were also determined by single crystal X‐ray diffraction. 2 and 4 represent the first examples of structurally characterized complexes of such ligands with group 6B metal carbonyls.