Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1995, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (9): 1400.

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Reactivity of Tetramethyldisilandiyl Bis(3-trimethylsilylcyclopentamenyl)-tetracarbonyl Diiron

KONG Chui-Hua1, XU Shan-Sheng2, ZHOU Xiu-Zhong2   

  1. 1. Institute of Ecology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642;
    2. Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin
  • Received:1994-10-06 Revised:1995-03-15 Online:1995-09-24 Published:1995-09-24

Abstract: The Fe-Fe bond of the title compound(Me2SiSiMe2)[η5-(3-Me2SiC5H3)Fe(CO)]2(μ-CO)2(A) was cleaved by sodium amalgam and the corresponding bis (iron anion) was produced, The nucleophilic reaction of the anion with MeCOCl,PhCOCl,PhCH2Cl, ClCH2COOC2H5and Ph3SnCl gave respectively the alkylation, acylation and metallation products (Me2SiSiMe2)[η5-(3-Me3SiC5H3)Fe(CO)2R]2(R: CH3CO(1), PhCO(2) PhCH2(3), CH2COOC2H5(4),Ph3Sn(5)),The Fe-Fe bond was also (4) cleaved by iodine in chloroform and resulted in forming iron iodide (Me2SiSiMe2)[η5-(3- Me3SiC5H3)Fe(CO)2I]2:(6). However the reaction of Awith iodine in benzene yielded Fe-I+-Fe bridged ionic compound (Me2SiSiMe2)[η5-(3-Me3SiC5H3)Fe(CO)2]2I+·I3-(7).The crystal structure of 6 was determined by X-ray diffraction. The crystal is monoclinic, space group P21/c with a=1. 7217(4) nm,b=0.7753(2) nm,c=1. 3629(7)nm,β=103. 80(1)°,V=1.767(2)nm3,Z=4, Dc= 1.629g/cm3.The final deviation factor R=0.054.

Key words: Reactivity, Cleavage of Fe-Fe bond, Molecular structure, Nucleophilic substitution

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