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Title: Mechanism of the C-C cleavage of acetone by the ruthenium benzyne complex (PMe sub 3 ) sub 4 Ru(. eta. sup 2 -C sub 6 H sub 4 ): Formation and reactivity of an oxametallacyclobutane complex

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00164a067· OSTI ID:6518649

The reaction of acetone with the ruthenium benzyne complex (PMe{sub 3}){sub 4}Ru({eta}{sup 2}-C{sub 6}H{sub 4}) (1) results in cleavage of a C-C bond in the ketone, leading to methane and 2, an ortho-metalated enolate complex of acetophenone (Scheme I). The authors now report the generation and spectroscopic characterization of a potential intermediate in this reaction: complex 3, a rare example of an oxametallacyclobutane.

DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
6518649
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society; (USA), Vol. 112:8; ISSN 0002-7863
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English