Unprecedented k2 to h2 linkage isomerism of CpFe(CO)(S2CX), where X = NR2, OR, R, and CN, initiated by changes in solvent polarity

INOR 373

Tom Bitterwolf, bitterte@uidaho.edu, Richard Henderson, rhenderson@vandals.uidaho.edu, Temple Warwick, twarwick@vandals.uidaho.edu, and Wyatt Thornley, thor7248@uidaho.edu. Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-2343
The various derivatives of S2CX are typically bidentate although a small collection of g-bound, ç3 derivatives are known. Petroleum ether or dichloromethane solutions of the CpFe(CO)(S2CX) compounds exhibit a single carbonyl band in the IR, but in mixtures of 5 – 25% dichloromethane, or several other polar solvents, in petroleum ether two distinct bands are observed. Spectra evidence for these linkage isomers will be discussed.
 

General Organometallic Chemistry
9:00 AM-12:20 PM, Monday, August 20, 2007 BCEC -- 211, Oral

Division of Inorganic Chemistry

The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007