Sk. Chowdhury et al., ETA(3)-ETA(5) INTERCONVERSION VS WEAK BONDING INTERACTIONS IN NEUTRALMOLYBDENUM(II) COMPLEXES, Organometallics, 16(12), 1997, pp. 2618-2622
In a set of structurally related Mo(II) ct-allyl complexes with a conj
ugated double bond appended to the allyl group, a weak bonding interac
tion such as B-H-Mo or C-H-Mo appears to prevent eta(3) to eta(5) inte
rconversion. Structural assignments are made on the basis of NMR data,
and crystal structure solutions are carried out for two of the comple
xes.