Thermolysis of Cp(CO)nM-CH(CH3)C6H5 (n = 2, M = Fe, Ru; n = 3, M = Mo, W). Some vertical trends in transition metal-alkyl bond dissociation energies

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(92)83242-A

Elucidation of the products and kinetics of thermolysis of the series of compounds, Cp(CO)nM-CH(CH3)C6H5 (n = 2, M = Fe, Ru; n = 3, M = Mo, W), in benzene, in the absence and presence of free radical traps, yielded the following values of ΔH^<*>