Article: Findings from Nankai University broaden understanding of metals.

According to recent research from Tianjin, People's Republic of China, "As a continuation of our studies on biomimetic chemistry and butterfly cluster chemistry, two series of ''closed'' and ''open'' butterfly [2Fe2Se] cluster complexes have been prepared in satisfactory yields. Thus, treatment of Fe-3(CO)(12) With (HSeCH2)(2)CHOH in toluene at reflux gave the expected ''closed'' butterfly [2Fe2Se] cluster complex [(mu-SeCH2)(2)CH(OH)]Fe-2(CO)(6) (A), whereas the ''open'' butterfly cluster complex (mu-EtSe)[(mu-SeCH2CH(OH)(CH2Br)]Fe-2(CO)(6) (B) was unexpectedly produced along with complex A via a sequential reaction of (mu-Se-2)Fe-2(CO)(6) with Et3BHLi, followed by ...

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