J. Ipaktschi et al., AN UNUSUAL REACTION IN THE COURSE OF FISCHER CARBENE SYNTHESIS - PREPARATION AND STRUCTURE OF VINYLIDENEMOLYBDENUM COMPLEXES, Organometallics, 13(3), 1994, pp. 1044-1046
The reaction of [(eta5-C5H5) (CO)2(NO)Mo] (1) with (phenylethynyl)lith
ium and subsequently with methyl trifluoromethanesulfonate led in 43%
yield to {(eta5-C5H5)(CO)(NO)Mo[=C=C(CH3)(Ph)]} (3a) as a 2:l mixture
of rotamers (DELTAG(double dagger) = 20.5 (+/-0.3) kcal/mol). The anio
nic intermediate [(eta5-C5H5)(CO)(NO)(R1CC)MO]Li (7) is trapped by the
reaction with HCI or acetic anhydride which yields vinylidene complex
es {(eta5-C5H5)(CO)(NO)-Mo[=C=C(CH3)(Ph)]} (5) and {(eta5-C5H5)(CO)(NO
)-Mo[=C=C(COCH3)(Ph)]} (6) respectively. The X-ray analysis of {(eta5-
C5H5)(CO)(NO)Mo[=C=C(CH3)(Ph)]} is reported.