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An Unusually Facile Electrophilic Substitution at the Cyclopentadienyl Ring in a Half‐Sandwich Complex
Author(s) -
Werner Helmut,
Hofmann Werner
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197707941
Subject(s) - cyclopentadienyl complex , substitution (logic) , ring (chemistry) , electrophilic substitution , electrophile , chemistry , medicinal chemistry , computer science , organic chemistry , catalysis , programming language
The mechanism of electrophilic substitution in η‐cyclopentadienyl‐metal complexes is a controversial topic. The reaction sequence shown below has now been confirmed for the half‐sandwich complex C 5 H 5 Co(PMe 3 ) 2 .