Ergebnisse der umsetzung von carbonylcobaltaten mit chlordifluoracetylchlorid

We have been able to synthesize chlorodifluomethyltetracarbonyl- cobalt (1) by the reaction of chlorodifluoroacetyl chloride and sodium tetracarbonylcobaltate(-I) at low temperatures. (1) decomposes at normal temperature to yield μ-difluoromethylene-μ-carbonyl-bis(tricarbonylcobalt) (Co-Co) (2), di-μ-difluoromethylene-bis (tricarbonylcobalt) (Co-Co) (3) and μ-difluormethylene-μ-tetrafluoroethylidene-bis (tricarbonylcobalt) (Co-Co) (4). (2) proved to be an intermediate in the formation of the cluster fluoromethinyl-enneacarbonyltricobalt (5).Na[Co(CO)₃P(C₆H₅)₃] (or Na[Co(CO)₄] in presence of triphenylphosphine) and ClCF₂COCl react to form the acetyl derivative ClCF₂ CO·Co(CO)₃P(C₆H₅)₃ (6) which cannot be decomposed to give the corresponding methyl compound.