Issue 8, 1988

Kinetics of nucleophilic attack on co-ordinated organic moieties. Part 25. A nucleophilic order for attack upon the [Fe(CO)3(1–5-η-C7H9)]+ cation

Abstract

Kinetic studies of the addition of a range of phosphine and phosphite nucleophiles (PR3) to the cation [Fe(CO)3(1–5-η-C7H9)]+ to give [Fe(CO)3(1–4-η-R3P·C7H9)]+ adducts reveal the general rate law kobs=k1(PR3]. Combination of these results with analogous data for amine and anionic nucleophiles provides the first comprehensive nucleophilicity order for attack on this cycloheptadienyl substrate. For the neutral phosphorus and nitrogen nucleophiles, this nucleophilicity order quantitatively parallels that found for the related but much more reactive [Fe(CO)3(1–5-η-C6H7)]+ substrate, indicating departure from the reactivity-selectivity principle. However, with N3 the C7H9 cation reveals exceptional reactivity, suggesting a change in mechanism for this anionic nucleophile.

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J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1988, 2009-2013

Kinetics of nucleophilic attack on co-ordinated organic moieties. Part 25. A nucleophilic order for attack upon the [Fe(CO)3(1–5-η-C7H9)]+ cation

S. G. Evans, K. Gilmore and L. A. P. Kane-Maguire, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1988, 2009 DOI: 10.1039/DT9880002009

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