R. Gleiter et G. Pflasterer, REACTION OF 1,6-CYCLODECADIYNE AND 1,8-CYCLOTETRADECADIYNE WITH SUBSTITUTED CPCO(COD), Organometallics, 12(5), 1993, pp. 1886-1889
The yields of CpCo-capped cyclobutadiene superphane from 1,6-cyclodeca
diyne (1) and (R-C5H4)Co(cod) varies considerably with the substituent
s R. Electron-withdrawing substituents give yields between 35 and 45 %
while electron-donating substituents give very small yields. In the c
ase of 1,8-cyclotetradecadiyne (2) such a dependence on R is much less
pronounced. The reaction between 1 and 2 and the indenyl complex (eta
5-C9H7)Co(cod) is also reported.