Issue 0, 1971

Synthesis and some reactions of π-cyclo-octatrienyl-π-cyclo-octatetraenecobalt

Abstract

Reduction of cobaltous chloride with sodium borohydride in the presence of cyclo-octatetraene gives in low yield π-h5-cyclo-octatrienyl-π-1,2,3,4-tetrahapto-cyclo-octatetrenecobalt (I), the first fluxional cyclo-octatetraene-cobalt complex. Carbon monoxide displaces cyclo-octatetraene from (I) to give tricarbonyl-π-h3-cyclo-octatrienylcobalt (II). Cyclopentadiene and indene react with (I) to form respectively, cyclo-octa-1,3,6-trienyl-π-cyclopentadienylcobalt (III) and cyclo-octa-1,3,6-trienyl-π-indenylcobalt (V). At higher temperatures indene reacts with (I) to form 1,2,5,6-tetrahapto-cyclo-octatetraene-π-indenylcobalt. Variable temperature 1H n.m.r. measurements suggest that (V) exists in two rotational isomeric forms.

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J. Chem. Soc. A, 1971, 285-288

Synthesis and some reactions of π-cyclo-octatrienyl-π-cyclo-octatetraenecobalt

A. Greco, M. Green and F. G. A. Stone, J. Chem. Soc. A, 1971, 285 DOI: 10.1039/J19710000285

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