An unusual alkylidyne homologation

Yong Shen Han, Anthony F. Hill*, Richard Y. Kong

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    Abstract

    The reaction of [W(CH)Br(CO)2(dcpe)] (dcpe = 1,2-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane) with tBuLi and SiCl4 affords the trichlorosilyl ligated neopentylidyne complex [W(CtBu)(SiCl3)(CO)2(dcpe)]. This slowly reacts with H2O to afford [W(CCH2tBu)Cl3(dcpe)] and ultimately H2CCHtBu via an unprecedented alkylidyne homologation in which coordinated CO is the source of the additional carbon atom with potential relevance to the Fischer-Tropsch process.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2292-2295
    Number of pages4
    JournalChemical Communications
    Volume54
    Issue number18
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 4 Mar 2018

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