Ig. Virrels et al., UNSTABLE SPECIES, CPW(CO)(2)ME AND CPW(CO)(3), STUDIED BY TIME-RESOLVED INFRARED-SPECTROSCOPY, Organometallics, 14(11), 1995, pp. 5203-5208
Photolysis of CpW(CO)(3)Me (1) in n-heptane generates mostly the solva
ted intermediate CpW(CO)(2)Me ... n-heptane (2), detected by time-reso
lved infrared spectroscopy (TRIR). The reactions of 2 with CO, PPh(3),
and N-2 have been studied and appropriate second-order rate constants
obtained. A small amount of the radical CpW(CO)(3.) (5) is also gener
ated on photolysis of 1 and can be characterized by the photolysis of
[CpW(CO)(3)](2) (6).