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Addition of Carbenes to Reactive Metal‐Metal Bonds—A Simple Synthetic Method for μ‐Methylene Complexes
Author(s) -
Herrmann Wolfgang A.,
Bauer Christine,
Plank Johann,
Kalcher Willibald,
Speth Dieter,
Ziegler Manfred L.
Publication year - 1981
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.198101931
Subject(s) - intramolecular force , methylene , chemistry , metal , reactive intermediate , bridge (graph theory) , polymer chemistry , medicinal chemistry , photochemistry , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , medicine
A general route to μ‐methylene complexes (dimetallacyclopropanes) is the addition of carbenes (generated from diazoalkanes) to species with reactive metal‐metal bonds. For example, (Me 5 C 5 ) 2 Rh 2 (CO) 2 reacts with carbenes RR′C: depending on the spatial requirements of the substituents R and R′ with elimination of CO to give (1) or with intramolecular opening of the carbonyl bridge to give (2) .

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