S. Vonbeckerath et al., CP(CO)(2)MNN(BZ)CH2CH2, THE FIRST MONO-CO ORDINATE AZIRIDINE COMPLEX, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. B, A journal of chemical sciences, 51(7), 1996, pp. 959-962
The photolytically induced CO-substitution reaction of CpMn(CO)(3) wit
h N-benzyl-aziridine leads to the first mono coordinate aziridine comp
lex, Cp(CO)(2)MnN(Bz)CH2CH2. It is stable against thermal C2H4 elimina
tion up to 135 degrees C. No nitrene complexes {Cp(CO)(2)Mn}(n)NBz (n
= 1, 2) were detected. The X-ray structure analysis of Cp(CO)(2)MnN(Bz
)CH2CH2 shows the intact three-membered ring ligand and the pyramidal
configuration of the nitrogen atom.