Arene-metal complexes in organic synthesis: addition to styrene-type ligands

MF Semmelhack, W Seufert…

Index: Semmelhack, M.F.; Seufert, Walter; Keller, Leonard Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1980 , vol. 102, # 21 p. 6584 - 6586

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Abstract

The special reactivity of arene rings coordinated to transition metals has been developed into useful synthesis methodology.'An important effect is the electron-accepting power of the chromium tricarbonyl unit, which promotes nucleophilic addition to the arene ring in arene- Cr (C0) 3 complexes* and strongly increases the kinetic acidity of benzylic hydrogens.' Complexes of@-styrene with Cr (C0)'have been known for many years: and it was (1)(a) ...