Site selectivity studies on homonuclear metal dimer complexes: substitution reactions of Re2(CO)9L

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(92)83023-B

The reaction of Re2(CO)9L (L = ^tBuNC, P(O-o-tol)3, P(CH2C6H5)3, R'CN, R' = Me, Et, Pr, Ph) with L' (L' = ^tBuNC, R'CN) in the presence of PdO or Me3NO yields the 2,3-, 2,6- or 1,6-isomers of Re2(CO)8LL'.The PdO reactions give only the