Chemistry Letters

Reactivity of Cumulene Complexes. Two Competing Pathways in Oxidative Solvolysis of Tetramethylbutatriene (hexacarbonyl) diiron

S Kiyooka, T Atagi, R Fujiyama, K Isobe

Index: Kiyooka, Syun-ichi; Atagi, Takuya; Fujiyama, Ryoji; Isobe, Kiyoshi Chemistry Letters, 1988 , p. 891 - 894

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Abstract

The oxidation of tetramethylbutatriene (hexacarbonyl) diiron in alcohols by eerie ammonium nitrite regioselectively gives diene-diesters and acetylene-diethers in moderate yields. The reaction is the first example showing that both the carbonylation and etherification of cumulene ligand with solvent alcohols take place concurrently on cationic 17-electron species.