Manganese tricarbonyl transfer (MTT) reagents in the construction of novel organometallic systems

Moonhyun Oh, Jeffrey A. Reingold, Gene B. Carpenter, Dwight A. Sweigart

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Abstract

Naphthalene and related conjugated polycyclic arenes readily coordinate through one carbocyclic ring to Mn(CO)3+. The resulting complexes, e.g., (η6-naphthalene)Mn(CO)3+, function as very effective manganese tricarbonyl transfer (MTT) reagents, largely because of facile η6→η4 ring slippage. The MTT complexes can be used to synthesize a range of novel organometallic systems, including metal-carbonyl-capped metallocenes, and homo- and heteronuclear bimetallic naphthalene complexes. They are also the basis for the complexation and activation of benzothiophenes to desulfurization and of hydroquinones to deprotonation and self-assembly into supramolecular quinonoid coordination networks.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)561-569
Number of pages9
JournalCoordination Chemistry Reviews
Volume248
Issue number7-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004 Apr

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Acknowledgment is gratefully made to the National Science Foundation and to the donors of the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund for support of this research.

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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