DIENE AND DIENYL COMPLEXES OF TRANSITION ELEMENTS. V. PREPARATION OF η-CYCLOPENTADIENYL-η-METHYL DIENOATE-RHODIUM AND -IRIDIUM COMPLEXES: BASE HYDROLYSIS AND PROTONATION STUDIES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(83)89533-3

Reaction of 4-RCH=CHCH=CHCOOMe)(η⁵-C5H5)> (M = Rh or Ir; R = Me or Ph) with HPF6 affords crystalline salts 3-RCHCHCHCH2COOMe)(η⁵-C5H5)>⁺ PF6^- in which the acyl CO group is coordinat