Formation of Arenes and of Tetracarbonyl(hexatrienediyl)dicobalt (“Flyover”) Complexes from Co2(CO)8
摘要:
The cobalt carbonyl mediated cyclotrimerization of alkynes to yield both arenes and "flyover" complexes (which contain a C6Co2 ring) has been reexamined with particular regard to the intermediacy of cobaltacyclopentadienes. Since the latter can now be obtained in controlled fashion from (alkyne)Co-2(CO)(6) and can react with a third alkyne under mild conditions by using trimethylamine-N-oxide as promoter, the incorporation of three different alkynes into both arenes and flyovers has become possible. Cobaltacyclopentadienes, like their precursors, catalyze alkyne cyclotrimerization, but flyovers do not do so under comparable conditions and hence are not on the main reaction path to arenes. In some circumstances cleavage of cobaltacyclopentadienes must occur to account for the observed arene products. Crystal structures of two flyover complexes are reported.
Synthesis of Dicarbonyl(η<sup>4</sup>-tricarbonylcobaltacyclopentadiene)cobalt Complexes from Co<sub>2</sub>(CO)<sub>8</sub>. A General Route to Intermediates in Cobalt Carbonyl Mediated Alkyne Trimerization
作者:R. John Baxter、Graham R. Knox、Peter L. Pauson、Mark D. Spicer
DOI:10.1021/om980544y
日期:1999.1.1
cobaltacyclopentadiene complexes, derived from cobaltcarbonyl and two alkyne molecules and long believed to be intermediates in cyclotrimerization as well as in the formation of the (three-alkyne-derived) “flyover” complexes, can be isolated in selected cases if the mono(alkyne)−Co2(CO)6 complexes are treated at room temperature with just 1 equiv of alkyne in the presence of trimethylamine N-oxide. The complex (PhCCHCMeCMe)Co2(CO)5