Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of η1-Allyl and η3-Allyl, Ethyl, and Hydrido Complexes of Ruthenium–Pentamethyl[60]fullerene

✍ Scribed by Yutaka Matsuo; Takashi Uematsu; Eiichi Nakamura

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 136 KB
• Volume: 2007
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-1948
• DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200700013

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

η^1^‐Allyl and η^3^‐allyl, ethyl, and hydrido ruthenium complexes of pentamethyl[60]fullerene, Ru(η^5^‐C~60~Me~5~)R(CO)~2~(R = η^1^‐allyl, Et, H) and Ru(η^5^‐C~60~Me~5~)(η^3^‐allyl)(CO) were synthesized by the reaction of a chlorido complex Ru(η^5^‐C~60~Me~5~)Cl(CO)~2~ with an allyl and an ethyl Grignard reagent or lithium aluminum hydride. Conversion of the η^1^‐allyl complex to the corresponding η^3^‐allyl complex and the catalytic performance of the hydrido and the chlorido complexes in the isomerization reaction of 1‐decene to internal decenes are described. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2007)