Stoichiometric reactions coordinated ligands

The first step is carbon-metal bond formation via coordination. This process may be followed by one or more steps, leading to transformation of ligands and/or reaction between ligands. In a final step, the metal is removed from the organic moiety. Reactions are catalytic or stoichiometric, depending on whether or not the metal is eliminated in its original oxidation state. The following is a broad classification of these processes. 

We have delineated viable coordinated ligand reactions and their attendant intermediates for the stoichiometric conversion of CO ligands selectively to the C2 organics ethane, ethylene, methyl (or ethyl) acetate, and acetaldehyde. We now outline results from three lines of research (1) T -Alkoxymethyl iron complexes CpFe(C0)2CH20R (2) are available by reducing coordinated CO on CpFe(C0)3+ (1) [Cp = r -CsHs]. Compounds 2 then form t -alkoxyacetyl complexes via migratory-insertion (i,e. CO... 

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