FORMATION AND MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE OF (ETA-5-CYCLOPENTADIENYL)-(ETA-4-CYCLOBUTA-[L]PHENANTHRENE)RHODIUM - CYCLOBUTADIENE-METAL COMPLEX DERIVED FROM INTRA-MOLECULAR CYCLODIMERIZATION OF AN ACYCLIC DIACETYLENE Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Interactions of the diacetylene 2,2-bis(phenylethynyl)biphenyl with the metal carbonyls [(5-C5H5)-Co(CO) 2], [(5-C5H5)Rh(CO) 2], and [Fe(CO)5] proceed via intramolecular cyclodimerization to form the respective 4-1,2- diphenylcyclobuta[l]phenanthrene complexes in each case; for the rhodium analogue, a cyclobutadiene-type structure containing a unique trapezoidal 4-C4-ring has been unequivocally established by means of X-ray diffraction techniques.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

author list (cited authors)

  • RAUSCH, M. D., GARDNER, S. A., TOKAS, E. F., BERNAL, I., REISNER, G. M., & CLEARFIELD, A.

citation count

  • 13

complete list of authors

  • RAUSCH, MD||GARDNER, SA||TOKAS, EF||BERNAL, I||REISNER, GM||CLEARFIELD, A

publication date

  • January 1978