Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2003, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (10): 1801.

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The Synthesis, Structure and Thermal Rearrangement Reaction of Tetramethyldisilane-bridged Bis(1-phenylcyclohexylcyclopentadienyl)tetracarbonyl Diiron

SUN Xiu-Li1, WANG Bai-Quan1, XU Shan-Sheng1, ZHOU Xiu-Zhong1, WENG Lin-Hong2   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China;
    2. Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • Received:2002-08-30 Online:2003-10-24 Published:2003-10-24

Abstract: The reaction of 1,2-bis(1-phenylcyclohexylcyclopentadineyl)tetramethyldisilane with Fe(CO)5in refluxing xylene afforded the diiron complex(Me2SiSiMe2)[(1-Ph-c-C6H10C5H3)Fe·(CO)]2(μ-CO)2(2), existing as a mixture of cis and trans isomers(2c and 2t), which were separated by column chromatography.When the two isomers were heated in refluxing xylene, the cis substrate(2c) rearranged to the trans product[Me2Si(1-Ph-c-C6H10C5H3)Fe(CO)2]2(3t), while the trans substrate(2t) yielded the cis product(3c), respectively.This indicates that the rearrangement reaction is stereospecific.The molecular structures of compound 3c and 4t were determined by X-ray diffraction analysis.

Key words: Thermal rearrangement, Cyclopentadienyl, Stereospecificity, Crystal structure

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