Ag. Ginzburg et al., ACETYLATION AND BENZOYLATION OF ETA(5),ETA(5)-FULVALENEDIMANGANESEHEXACARBONYL, Russian chemical bulletin, 44(10), 1995, pp. 1937-1940
eta(5) eta(5)-Fulvalenedimanganesehexacarbonyl (dicymantrenyl) was ace
tylated and benzoylated by RC(O)Cl+AlCl3 in CH2Cl2, under conditions o
f the Friedel-Crafts reaction. The reaction involves both nonequivalen
t positions of the cyclopentadienyl rings to give mixtures of two isom
eric ketones. When using an excess of the acetylating mixture, diacety
l derivatives of dicymantrenyl were obtained.