A CONVENIENT ROUTE TO C-13-ENRICHED TRIRUTHENIUM DODECACARBONYL - CHEMISTRY RELEVANT TO METHYL FORMATE PRODUCTION FROM CARBON-MONOXIDE AND METHANOL uri icon

abstract

  • The enhanced carbon monoxide lability exhibited by Ru3(CO)12 in the presence of KOMe, where methoxycarbonyl adduct formation occurs, has been utilized in the ready synthesis of highly 13C-enriched Ru3-(CO)12. The methoxycarbonyl adduct was shown to exist in equilibrium with Ru3(CO)12 in methanol or methanol/tetrahydrofuran in the absence of added OMe-, indicative of substantial electrophilic character in the CO ligands of this trinuclear cluster. The possible role of this methoxycarbonyl adduct in the catalytic synthesis of methyl formate from CO/MeOH is discussed. 1984, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.

published proceedings

  • ORGANOMETALLICS

author list (cited authors)

  • DARENSBOURG, D. J., GRAY, R. L., & PALA, M.

citation count

  • 19

complete list of authors

  • DARENSBOURG, DJ||GRAY, RL||PALA, M

publication date

  • December 1984