Marcus Korb, Stephen A. Moggach and Paul J. Low
Chem. Commun., 2021,57, 4251-4254
DOI:
10.1039/D1CC00605C,
Communication
An unusual 1,2-ferrocenyl migration has been observed following reactions of [Ru(dppe)Cp][BArF4] with diferrocenylacetylene, extending the scope of group rearrangments beyond methyl (Wagner–Meerwein) and phenyl entities. Ferrocene-containing bis(alkynes) RCCArC
CR (R = Fc, Ar = 1,4-phenylene; R = Ph, Ar = 1,1′-ferrocenylene) gave bimetallic bis(vinylidene) complexes following two consecutive rearrangements.