Institution: | a Laboratoire de Synthèse et d'Electrosynthèse Organométalliques, Faculté des Sciences ‘Gabriel’, Université de Bourgogne, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France b Departament de Ciències Experimentals, Campus Riu Sec de la Universitat Jaume I, PO Box 224, 12080 Castelló, Spain |
Abstract: | The reactions of the half-sandwich molybdenum(III) complexes CpMo(η4-C4H4R2)(CH3)2, where Cp=η5-C5H5 and R=H or CH3, with equimolar amounts of B(C6F5)3 have been investigated in toluene. EPR monitoring shows the formation of an addition product which does not readily react with Lewis bases such as ethylene, pyridine, or PMe3. The analysis of the EPR properties and the X-ray structure of a decomposition product obtained from dichloromethane, CpMo(η4-C4H6)(μ-Cl)(μ-CH2)(O)MoCp]CH3B(C6F5)3], indicate that the borane attack has occurred at the methyl position. |