Dipyridylketone binding and subsequent C-C bond insertion reactions at cyclopentadienylrhodium

Cyril Godard; Simon B Duckett; Simon Parsons; Robin N Perutz

doi:10.1039/b306877c

Dipyridylketone binding and subsequent C-C bond insertion reactions at cyclopentadienylrhodium

Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Sep 21:(18):2332-3. doi: 10.1039/b306877c.

Authors

Cyril Godard¹, Simon B Duckett, Simon Parsons, Robin N Perutz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, UK YO10 5DD.

PMID: 14518900
DOI: 10.1039/b306877c

Abstract

UV irradiation of a solution of (eta5-C5H5)bis(ethene)rhodium in the presence of 2,2'-dipyridylketone yields (eta5-C5H5)Rh(kappa2-N,O-2,2'-dipyridylketone) which inserts ethene to yield a bicyclic oxametallacyclopentane.