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First Four‐Membered Metallacycles of Rhenium
Author(s) -
de Boer Henricus J. R.,
van de Heisteeg Bartholomeus J. J.,
Flöel Martina,
Herrmann Wolfgang A.,
Akkerman Otto S.,
Bickelhaupt Friedrich
Publication year - 1987
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.198700731
Subject(s) - geminal , rhenium , methylene , character (mathematics) , olefin metathesis , metathesis , chemistry , stereochemistry , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , mathematics , geometry , polymerization , polymer
The rhenacyclobutanes 2 and 3, obtained from the oxorhenium(v) complex 1, have model character for the intermediates of olefin metathesis. Both compounds are thermally stable, and, in the 1 H‐NMR spectrum, give a characteristic AX pattern for the geminal methylene protons.