178388-65-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Cyclisation of diferrocenylbutadiyne dicobalt hexacarbonyl mono-adduct to novel ferrocenotropones
Laus, Gerhard,Schottenberger, Herwig,Lukasser, Josef,Wurst, Klaus,Schütz, Johannes,Ongania, Karl-Hans,Zsolnai, László
, p. 691 - 695 (2007/10/03)
Treatment of 1,4-diferrocenyl-1,3-butadiyne dicobalt hexacarbonyl complex (1) [CARN: 178388-65-3] with trifluoroacetic acid resulted in cyclisation with concomitant CO insertion to give the green 2,3-ferroceno-7-ferrocenyl-4,5- dehydrotropone dicobalt hexacarbonyl (2), which in turn was converted by trifluoroacetic acid to red 2,3-ferroceno-7-ferrocenyltropone (3). The first step implied the involvement of a second dicobalt hexacarbonyl complex as a CO source. The molecular structures of 2 and 3 were determined by single crystal X-ray analysis, and pairs of enantiomers with different conformations were observed in 3.
