NEW CHELATE RING OPENING REACTIONS LEADING TO THE SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL MIXED LIGAND COMPLEXES OF THE OCTAHEDRAL METAL CARBONYLS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)82889-2

Reactions of the four-membered ring chelate CH3N(PF2)2Cr(CO)4 with trivalent phosphorus ligand (L) at 80 deg C leads to facile opening of the chelate ring to give the mixed ligand complexes trans-CH3N(PF2)2Cr(CO)4L (L=C6H5)3P or monodentate C6H5(PF2)2) containing a monodentate CH3N(PF2)2 ligand.