REDUCTIVE SUBSTITUTION OF COBALTOCENE: DISPLACEMENTS OF A CYCLOPENTADIENYL GROUP ON COBALTOCENE AND REPLACEMENT OF SAME BY A DIENE MOIETY

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)98685-6

Substitution of a cyclopentadienyl ring of cobaltocene by diene, quinone and cyclopentadienone moieties serves as a synthetic procedure for a series of (η⁴-ligand)(cyclopentadienyl)cobalt complexes; some speculation as to the involvement of an η¹-cyclopentadienyl intermediate in these transformations is advanced.