Dicobalt hexacarbonyl acetylene complexes are a family of In organocobalt compounds with the formula Co2(C2R2)(CO)6. A large variety of R groups are tolerated. They are red compounds that are soluble in organic solvents. They arise from the reaction of alkynes and dicobalt octacarbonyl:[1]
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- Co2(CO)8 + R2C2 → (R2C2)Co2(CO)6 + 2 CO
According to X-ray crystallography, the two Co atoms and two alkyne carbons form the vertices of a distorted tetrahedron. The C-C distance for the bridging alkyne ligand is 1.33 Å, and the Co-Co distance is 2.47 Å. The (R2C2)Co2(CO)6 core has C2v symmetry.[2] The structure is related to that of methylidynetricobaltnonacarbonyl and tetracobalt dodecacarbonyl, which are also tetrahedranes.
These complexes are intermediates in the Pauson-Khand reaction.
References edit
- ^ Greenfield, Harold; Sternberg, Heinz W.; Friedel, Robert A.; Wotiz, John H.; Markby, Raymond; Wender, Irving (1956). "Acetylenic Dicobalt Hexacarbonyls. Organometallic Compounds Derived from Alkynes and Dicobalt Octacarbonyl1,2". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 78: 120–124. doi:10.1021/ja01582a036.
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