The Interplay of Methylidyne and Carbido Species: Modeling a Fundamental Step in the Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis

Abstract

Heterobimetallic μ-methylidyne complexes [WPt(μ₂-CH)(CO)₂L₂(Tp*)], where L₂=(PPh₃)₂, (PPh₃)(CO), (dppe), (PPh₃)(CNC₆H₂Me₃), have been obtained via the intermediacy of transient hydrido-μ-carbido complexes that undergo carbido-hydrido coupling to model a fundamental step in the proposed mechanism for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis.