Acetylenic derivatives of [Fe2(CO)6(µ-Se2)]: acetylenic bond reduction on a selenium-stabilised Fe2Pt mixed-metal complex

Abstract
Stepwise addition of phenylacetylene and Pt(PPh3)2across the Se–Se bond of [Fe2(CO)6(µ-Se2)] can be carried out at room temperature; X-ray analysis demonstrates the acetylenic carbon–carbon bond reduction in the mixed-metal complex [(CO)6Fe2Pt(PPh3)2{µ-SeC(Ph)C(H)Se}].