名称:
Linkage Isomerization Reactions of M(CO)2L Complexes (M = (η5-C5H5)Mn, (η5-C5H5)Re, or (η6-C6H6)Cr; L = 2,3-Dihydrofuran): A Step-Scan FTIR and DFT Study
摘要:
The linkage isomers, M(CO)(2)-(eta(1)-(O)-2,3 DHF) and M(CO)(2)-(eta(2)-(C,C)-2,3 DHF) [M = (eta(5)-C5H5)Mn, (eta(5)-C5H5)Re, (eta(6)-C6H6)Cr; DHF = dihydrofuran] are formed upon photolysis of the parent M(CO)(3) complexes in the presence of 2,3-DHF. The rearrangement of the oxygen bound to the thermodynamically favored a bound complex is followed on the millisecond to microsecond time scale using step-scan FTIR. The rate of the isomerization reaction increases in the order Re < Mn < Cr primarily due to a decrease in the activation enthalpy. The experimental data along with theoretical calculations suggest that the rearrangement proceeds intramolecularly in which the metal migrates from one functional group to another.