REACTION OF A (PI-VINYLCARBENE)IRON COMPLEX WITH TRICARBONYL(ETA(4)-1,5-CYCLOOCTADIENE)RUTHENIUM - PREPARATION, STRUCTURE, AND REACTIVITY OF NOVEL (MU-VINYLCARBENE)(FE-RU) COMPLEXES
K. Fujita et al., REACTION OF A (PI-VINYLCARBENE)IRON COMPLEX WITH TRICARBONYL(ETA(4)-1,5-CYCLOOCTADIENE)RUTHENIUM - PREPARATION, STRUCTURE, AND REACTIVITY OF NOVEL (MU-VINYLCARBENE)(FE-RU) COMPLEXES, Organometallics, 16(4), 1997, pp. 677-681
-Methoxy-anti-2,3-bis(methoxycarbonyl)prop-2-en-1- ylidene]tricarbonyl
iron (5) reacts with Ru(CO)(3)(COD) to give a heterobinuclear vinylcar
bene complex, [mu-(1-methoxy-anti-2-(methoxycarbonyl)-mu-3- arbonyl)-1
-3-eta-prop-2-en-1-ylidene)]hexacarbonyl (Fe-Ru) (7) in 78% yield. The
complex 7 reacts with triphenylphosphine to give a substituted comple
x, [mu-(1-methoxy-anti-2-(methoxycarbonyl)-mu-3- (methoxycarbonyl)-1-3
-eta-prop-2-en-1-ylidene) (triphenylphosphine)]pentacarbonyl(Fe-Ru) (8
) in 52% yield. The carbonyl group on ruthenium trans to the iron atom
in 7 was substituted by the phosphine.