Research Article

Synthesis and Spectroscopic Studies of Some New Molybdenum, Tungsten, and Ruthenium Carbonyl Derivatives of 2-Hydroxymethylpyridine

Table 1

Elemental analysis and mass spectrometry data for the complexes.

ComplexC% Found (Calcd.)H% Found (Calcd.)N% Found (Calcd.)Mass spectrometry
Molecular formulaChemical formulaMolecular weightm/z a

Mo2O6(HMP)2[Mo2(C12H14O8N2)]28.2 (28.5)2.6 (2.8)5.7 (5.5)506.14507 [P+]
W2O6(HMP)2[W2O6(HMP)2]21.5 (21.2)1.9 (2.1)4.3 (4.1)681.96682 [P+]
Ru(CO)3(HMP)[Ru(C9H7O4N)]36.5 (36.8)2.2 (2.4)4.6 (4.8)294.23239 [P–2CO]+
Ru(CO)2(HMP)(PPh3)[Ru(C26H22O3NP)]58.8 (59.1)4.0 (4.2)2.9 (2.7)528.47501 [P–CO]+

: mass over charge ratio in the mass spectrum.