ENHANCED REACTIVITY OF η1-ALLYL LIGANDS IN TRIALKYLPHOSPHITE SUBSTITUTED CpFe(CO)2(η1-ALLYL) COMPLEXES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)81795-7

CpFe(CO)2(η¹-allyl) Ia and CpFe(CO)2(η¹-methallyl) Ib undergo photochemically initiated carbonyl substitution by bicyclic phosphite III to give IIa and IIb respectively.These latter complexes are more readily protonated than CpFe(CO)