Organometallic coordination complexes

The reaction of alkenes with alkenes or alkynes does not always produce an aromatic ring. An important variation of this reaction reacts dienes, diynes, or en-ynes with transition metals to form organometallic coordination complexes. In the presence of carbon monoxide, cyclopentenone derivatives are formed in what is known as the Pauson-Khand reaction The reaction involves (1) formation of a hexacarbonyldicobalt-alkyne complex and (2) decomposition of the complex in the presence of an alkene. A typical example Rhodium and tungsten ... 

Structural types for organometallic rhodium and iridium porphyrins mostly comprise five- or six-coordinate complexes (Por)M(R) or (Por)M(R)(L), where R is a (T-bonded alkyl, aryl, or other organic fragment, and Lisa neutral donor. Most examples contain rhodium, and the chemistry of the corresponding iridium porphyrins is much more scarce. The classical methods of preparation of these complexes involves either reaction of Rh(III) halides Rh(Por)X with organolithium or Grignard reagents, or reaction of Rh(I) anions [Rh(Por)] with alkyl or aryl halides. In this sense the chemistry parallels that of iron and cobalt porphyrins. 

Organometallic porphyrin complexes containing the late transition elements (from the nickel, copper, or zinc triads) are exceedingly few. In all of the known examples, either the porphyrin has been modified in some way or the metal is coordinated to fewer than four of the pyrrole nitrogens. For nickel, copper, and zinc the 4-2 oxidation state predominates, and the simple M"(Por) complexes are stable and resist oxidation or modification, thus on valence grounds alone it is easy to understand why there are few organometallic examples. The exceptions, which exist for nickel, palladium, and possibly zinc, are outlined below. Little evidence has been reported for stable organometallic porphyrin complexes of the other late transision elements. 

In this review we shall not deal with the synthesis of this coordination complex, but we shall deal with the chemical properties of B 12-coenzymes with special emphasis on how these properties relate to Bi2-enzyme mechanisms. Also, we shall show how B -catalyzed methyl-transfer reactions have special significance in the biosynthesis of methylated heavy metals in the aqueous environment, and how the synthesis of these organometallic compounds has special relevance to problems concerned with continuing global environmental health hazards. 

Structural applications range from organic, inorganic and organometallic radicals to coordination complexes and biological macromolecules containing a paramagnetic center. 

Most of the information content from ESR spectra of organometallic radicals and coordination complexes comes from dilute single-crystal spectra or frozen solution spectra. Nonetheless, there are some bits of information and applications that come uniquely from isotropic spectra, and we discuss those aspects in this chapter. 

Among titanium compounds, many sit on the border of being organometallic/coordination compounds. One which is of interest in relation to the enhancing effects of F (see Section 9.5.5.2) is the titanium fluoride complex (52), which is highly active for the hydrosilylation of imines (Scheme 33).143... 

We have demonstrated that a series of first row, Group 8 organometallic hydride complexes effect intermolecular hydride addition to coordinated n2-alkene, n2-vinyl ether, and a-alkoxyethy-lidene compounds (64). For example, one equivalent of CpFe(C0)PPh3(H) quantitatively reduces CpFe(CO)2(T12-CH2=CH2)+ to CpFe(C0)2CH2CH3 within one-half hour and leaves... 

Attempts thus far at using the samp Group 8 organometallic hydride complexes as hydride donors to the coordinated CO on CpFe(CO)3+ (1) have been unsuccessful. Reaction of 1 with... 

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