Molybdenum (0) and tungsten (0) catalysts with enhanced reactivity for allylic substitution: regioselectivity and solvent effects

…, IR Baxendale, DJ Mansfield, P Kočovský

Index: Malkov; Baxendale; Mansfield; Kocovsky Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 1, 2001 , # 10 p. 1234 - 1240

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Abstract

The binuclear Mo (II) and W (II) complexes 28a, b and 29a, b have been developed as pre- catalysts for allylic substitution with β-dicarbonyl nucleophiles. These complexes are reduced in situ to Mo (0) and W (0) catalytic species 30a, b and 31a, b by excess of NaH, ...