ISSN:
0009-2940
Keywords:
(Cycloheptatrienylmethyl)carbene complexes
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4,5-Homotropilidenes
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Cyclopropanation, intramolecular
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Carbene complexes
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Cope rearrangement, metal influence on
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Rhodium complexes
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Iron complexes
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Chromium complexes
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Tungsten complexes
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Calculations, AM1, MNDO, PM3
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Chemistry
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Inorganic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Organic Syntheses via Transition Metal Complexes, 57[1]. - 4,5-Homotropilidenes by Intramolecular Cyclopropanation of (Cycloheptatrienylmethyl)carbenechromium or -tungsten Complexes(Cycloheptatrienylmethyl)carbene complexes LnM=C(OEt)-CH2C7H7 [3: LnM=Cr(CO)5 (a), W(CO)5 (b)] are obtained in yields of 80% by the reaction of the corresponding methylcarbene complexes LnM=C(OEt)CH3 1 with tropylium tetrafluoroborate (2) in THF/Et3N. Alkylation of 3 with 2 gives [bis(cycloheptatrienyl)methyl]carbene complexes LnM=C(OEt)CH(C7H7)2 [4: LnM=Cr(CO)5 (a), W(CO)5 (b)]. Thermolysis of 3 leads to the formation of an equilibrium mixture of the 4,5-homotropilidenes 5 and 6. According to NMR measurements and AM1 calculations the formation of 6 is strongly favored. An equilibrium between 4,5-homotropilidene complexes is significantly different from that of the metal-free ligands. By the reaction of 5/6 with bis(ethylene)rhodium 1,3-pentanedionate (8) the complexes 9 and 10 of both 4,5-homotropilidenes 5 and 6 are obtained in a 1:3 ratio. The (1,5-diene)rhodium(I) complexes 9 and 10 are nonfluxional and configurationally moderately stable at 20°C. The reaction of 5/6 with Fe2(CO)9 gives the π-allyl,σ complexes 11 and 12 in a 10:3 ratio, both of which may be derived from the minor 4,5-homotropilidene isomer 5. In 11 a vinylcyclopropane unit of 5 serves as a four-electron donor for a Fe(CO)3 group. In 12 the 4,5-homotropilidene unit is coordinated as a six-electron donor to a Fe2(CO)6 unit.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cber.19921250141
