Prospects Regarding Metal Pentadienyl Complex Stability and Reactivity

Prospects Regarding Metal Pentadienyl Complex Stability and Reactivity 

Having a wide variety of pertinent data on hand such as the above, it is appropriate to attempt to anticipate the behavior of a pentadienyl ligand relative to that of the allyl and 

Besides expectations of thermal stability, there are also reasons to believe that pentadienyl ligands should be capable of imparting chemical and catalytic reactivity into their metal complexes. An important reason for the high reactivity of metal allyl complexes has to do with the ability of the allyl ligand to bond in rf (IVa) as well as in rjl (IV b) fashion. A pentadienyl ligand should be capable of bonding in tj5, / 3, and j/1 modes 

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II. Prospects Regarding Metal Pentadienyl Complex Stability and Reactivity... 

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