Manganese (I)-induced 1, 6-demethanation across the carbon-carbon triple bond of linear alkynes in the gas phase. A case for the generation of manganese …

C Schulze, H Schwarz

Index: Schulze, Christian; Schwarz, Helmut Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1988 , vol. 110, # 1 p. 67 - 70

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Abstract

Abstract: Complexes of Mn (alkynes)+ were generated in the gas phase and found to exhibit a reactivity which is even richer than that of the analogous Fe (alkyne)+ species. Among the many unimolecular dissociations, the Mn+-induced demethanation of 4-octyne is of particular interest. The study of isotopomers and the effects of alkyl chain lengths reveals the operation of an unprecedented 1, 6-elimination mode across the CC triple bond, and the ...