Abstract: | The Chemistry of Metal Carbonyls and Cyano Complexes in Liquid Ammonia. XXXII. On the Reaction of η5-C5H5Mo(CO)3CH3 and η5-C5H5Fe(CO)2CH3 with Liquid Ammonia η5-C5H5Mo(CO)3CH3 reacts with liquid NH3 to give η5-C5H5Mo(CO)2(NH3)H and acetamide: In contrast, η5-C5H5Fe(CO)2CH3 undergoes a carbonyl insertion to give the acetyl complex η5-C5H5Fe(CO)(NH3)COCH3: The NH3 ligand in η5-C5H5Fe(CO)(NH3)COCH3 can be substituted by pyridine. |