Cleaving bonds in CH3OSO2CF3 with [1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2CeH; an experimental and computational study†‡
Abstract
The reaction at 20 °C of the metallocenelanthanide , and excess
,
,
and the bimetallic complex
. The
,
, and
react with excess CH3OSO2CF3 to form
, CH3OCH3, CH3F, and (CH3O)2SO, respectively, at 20 °C. Thus, the net reaction is
but the pathway is not a direct
fragments, is unique in organometallic chemistry. The
show that the CH-bond activation and direct CH3 group transfer have similar
with CH3OSO2CH3, where CH-bond
. This contrasts, perhaps, with conventional wisdom that overemphasizes the effect of the electron-withdrawing ability of the CF3 group on the chemical and physical properties of
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