Journal article
Ferrocenes derived from cyclopenta[l]phenanthrene: dibenzindene–metal complexes that resist haptotropic shifts
Abstract
The complexes (η5-cyclopenta[l]phenanthrenyl)MLn, where MLn=Fe(C5H5), Fe(C17H11), Mn(CO)3 or Rh(C2H4)2 show no propensity to undergo η5 to η6 haptotropic shifts upon protonation, nor to undergo ready replacement of a carbonyl or ethylene ligand by a phosphine. Thus, these systems mimic the behavior of cyclopentadienyl rather than indenyl rings. Molecular orbital calculations on (C17H11)Fe(C5H5) indicate that migration of an organometallic …
Authors
Rigby SS; Decken A; Bain AD; McGlinchey MJ
Journal
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Vol. 637, , pp. 372–381
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2001
DOI
10.1016/s0022-328x(01)00937-8
ISSN
0022-328X