TY - JOUR
T1 - Reactions of electrophilic transition metal cations with olefins and small ring compounds. Rearrangements and polymerizations
AU - Sen, Ayusman
AU - Lai, Ta Wang
AU - Thomas, Richard R.
N1 - Funding Information:
Support of this research by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (DE-FGO2-84ER13295) is gratefully acknowledged. We also thank Johnson Matthey, Inc. for a loan of palladium metal.
PY - 1988/12/20
Y1 - 1988/12/20
N2 - The reactivity of the cationic, weakly ligated, transition metal compounds, [Pd(MeCN)4](BF4)2 (1); [M(MeCN)6](BF4)2, (M Ni, 2; Co, 3); [M(NO)2(MeCN)4](BF4)2, (M Mo, 4; W, 5), vis-à-vis olefins and strained ring compounds was studied. A number of these species were observed to form a charge-transfer complex with tetra-p-anisylethylene. These compounds were also found to catalyze the skeletal rearrangement and polymerization of appropriately substituted olefins and cyclopropanes. These reactions appear to be initiated by the electrophilic (heterolytic) cleavage of either the π-bond of the olefin or a strained CC σ-bond of the small ring compound.
AB - The reactivity of the cationic, weakly ligated, transition metal compounds, [Pd(MeCN)4](BF4)2 (1); [M(MeCN)6](BF4)2, (M Ni, 2; Co, 3); [M(NO)2(MeCN)4](BF4)2, (M Mo, 4; W, 5), vis-à-vis olefins and strained ring compounds was studied. A number of these species were observed to form a charge-transfer complex with tetra-p-anisylethylene. These compounds were also found to catalyze the skeletal rearrangement and polymerization of appropriately substituted olefins and cyclopropanes. These reactions appear to be initiated by the electrophilic (heterolytic) cleavage of either the π-bond of the olefin or a strained CC σ-bond of the small ring compound.
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U2 - 10.1016/0022-328X(88)87104-3
DO - 10.1016/0022-328X(88)87104-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0009726492
SN - 0022-328X
VL - 358
SP - 567
EP - 588
JO - Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
JF - Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
IS - 1-3
ER -