Dalton communications. An unprecedented palladium-catalysed carbon–metal bond formation
Abstract
The reaction of [Fe(η5-C5H4R)(CO)2I](R = styryl) with [Mn(η5-C5H4CCSnMe3)(CO)3] in dimethylformamide in the presence of catalytic amounts (5%) of [PdCl2(MeCN)2] produces [(OC)2(η5-RC5H4)Fe–C
C–(η5-C5H4)Mn(CO)3] in good yield; the crystal structure of the tetrahedral pyramidal adduct formed by reaction of this coupled product with [Co2(CO)8] has been determined.