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Chemical transformations of cis-W(CO)4(C5H 5N)2 in the ring-opening metathesis polymerization of norbornene
Bencze,Biro,Szabo-Ravasz,Mihichuk
, p. 499 - 503 (2004)
The six-coordinate W0 complex cis-W(CO)4(C 5H5N)2 has been found to be active in the in situ formation of a carbene species from norbornene, which generates a typical ring-opening metathesis product (ROMP). A proposed mechanism of initiation suggests that the reaction involves a 2,3-hydrogen shift in the coordinated norbornene (η2 → η1). The initiating carbenoid group is identified from the products of the spontaneous carbene-CO coupling and Wittig reactions test. Formation of W(CO)3(η 6-C6H5CH3) when toluene is the solvent, followed by reaction with the carbene, is blamed for catalyst deactivation.
Reactions of Benzyl Carbinols with Fluorosulfuric Acid
Barrow, Colin J.,Bright, Steven T.,Coxon, James M.,Steel, Peter J.
, p. 2542 - 2549 (2007/10/02)
A series of benzyl carbinols have been reacted with HSO3F at -78 deg C, the solutions quenched, and the products isolated and identified.A variety of reaction modes occur including reduction (3-methyl- and 4-methyl-1-benzylcyclohexanol), rearrangement and
