Controlling the metal to olefin bond symmetry by ligand substitution at the metal center

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Stephen A. Matchett, matchets@gvsu.edu, Department of Chemistry, Grand Valley State University, One Campus Dr, Allendale, MI 49401 and Alice Putti, Department of Chemistry, Jenison High School, Jenison, MI 49428.
A previous Hammett study in our group has demonstrated the ability to control the displacement of the metal along the olefin face of a series of cationic CpFe(CO)2 vinyl aniline complexes by altering the electron donating properties at the para position on the aniline. The current work describes the synthetic progress toward an analogous series of complexes in which a CO on iron has been substituted with the electron rich bicyclic phosphite, 1 methyl 4 phospha 3,5,8 trioxabicyclo[2.2.2] octane. Implications of this substitution on the symmetry of the metal olefin bond and its subsequent reactivity will be discussed.
 

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