Improved Access to {[ω‐(Phosphanyl)alkyl]cyclopentadienyl}cobalt(I) Complexes: Decomplexation of the Phosphane Arm; Alkyne Complexes; Synthesis of Mononuclear Vinylidenecobalt(I) Complexes
phosphane arm at room temperature with formation of 7, 5, 6, 8. The ethene ligand in 4 can be replaced by alkynes under equally mild reaction conditions (formation of 9, 11 – 16). The reaction with ethyne results in the formation of vinylidene complex 10. The yields of the reactions with nonaromatic alkynes could be improved by treating 3 with the alkyne in the presence of sodium amalgam. The unsubstituted