Ruthenium-catalysed cyclocarbonylation of 1,1′-bis(silylethynyl)ferrocene involving the 1,2-migration of a silyl group
Abstract
The treatment of 1,1′-bis(trimethylsilylethynyl)ferrocene with a catalytic amount (5 mol%) of [Ru3(CO)12] under 10 kg cm–2 of CO at 150 °C causes a novel Cyclocarbonylation involving 1,2-silyl migration of a silylethynyl group generating a transition-metal vinylidene intermediate, to give a cyclopent-3-en-1, 2-dione derivative.