Abstract Several Group VI tetracarbonyl phosphine and tertiary amine complexes [M (CO) 4 L 2, M= Cr, Mo, W, L 2= 2PPh 3, dppm, dppe, dppp, dppb, bpy, phen, dppf] were synthesized in minutes in the microwave at moderate temperature, atmospheric pressure, and utilizing NaBH 4 as a catalyst. The reactions were optimized by careful solvent selection. The octahedral complexes were isolated in percent yields ranging from 17 to 95. The lower ...
