Abstract
The in situ generated lithium and sodium salts of [Cr(CO)5]2-(3) react rapidly and cleanly with a variety of aryl and alkyl acid chlorides at -78 °C in THF to provide solutions of the corresponding acylpenta-carbonylchromate salts M′[RC(0)Cr(C0)5] (M′[l], M′ = Li, Na). Subsequent O-methylation of 1 produces Fischer-type alkoxycarbene complexes in yields competitive with established methodologies. This two-step procedure has enabled the preparation of arylmethoxycarbene complexes such as (CO)5Cr=C(OMe)-{2,5·(OAc)2C6H3} (2g) which are otherwise inaccessible by the standard Fischer synthesis. Alkoxycarbene complexes of molybdenum and tungsten may be prepared analogously from [Mo(CO)5]2- and [W(CO)5]2-.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1839-1844 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Organometallics |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 1 1987 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry