Elucidating the mechanism of the photochemical Pauson–Khand reaction: matrix photochemistry of phenylacetylenehexacarbonyldicobalt

Autor: Jerzy Gebicki, Ian R. Dunkin, James S. Scott, Charles M. Gordon, Mariusz Kiszka, William J. Kerr
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 554:147-154
ISSN: 0022-328X
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-328x(97)00660-8
Popis: Short wavelength UV irradiation of (phenylacetylene)Co 2 (CO) 6 ( 3 ) in argon matrices at 12 K results in loss of CO to form (phenylacetylene)Co 2 (CO) 5 ( 4 ). Reversal of this reaction occurs on longer wavelength irradiation. When the reaction is instead carried out in mixed argon/nitrogen matrices (phenylacetylene)Co 2 (CO) 5 (N 2 ) ( 5 ) is formed as an additional product. Irradiation at λ =390 nm allows selective reversal of photoproduct 4 to the parent species, leaving photoproduct 5 unaffected. When 3 is irradiated in pure nitrogen matrices photoproduct 4 is not formed, but two photoproducts containing coordinated dinitrogen are observed. One of these may confidently be assigned as 5 , but the identity of the second cannot at present be specified with certainty. The results gained are discussed in the light of the much more widely studied and better understood thermal chemistry of such complexes.
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