Mi
gratory insertion reactions of or
ganometallic complexes have been shown to occur inthe absence of solvent
and, more si
gnificantly, between solid rea
gents. Reaction between(
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5-C
5H
5)M(CO)
3Me (M = Mo, W) or (
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5-C
5H
5)Fe(CO)
2Me
and PPh
3 (no solvent) took placeat temperatures between 40
and 90
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and gave the products (
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5-C
5H
5)M(CO)
2(PPh
3)COMe
and (
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5-C
5H
5)Fe(CO)(PPh
3)COMe in moderate to
good yield (60-99%). The Mo
and Wcomplexes reacted in the solid state when
T < 80
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5-C
5H
5)Mo(CO)
2(PPh
3)COMe to yield (
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5-C
5H
5)Mo(CO)
2(PPh
3)Me also occurred in the solid state(120
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5-C
5H
5)Mo(CO)
3Me with a ran
ge of li
gands, L (L = PPh
3, P(
p-MeOC
6H
4)
3, PCy
3, PEt
3, AsPh
3, POPh
3, P(OEt)
3; 1:1 rea
gent ratio, 90
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gave (
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5-C
5H
5)Mo(CO)
2(L)COMe (7-100% yield)
and, on extended reaction,(
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5-C
5H
5)Mo(CO)
2(L)Me in varyin
g yields. A kinetic study of the solid-state reaction between(
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5-C
5H
5)Mo(CO)
3Me
and PPh
3 yielded rate constants, e.
g.
k = 5.18 × 10
-5 s
-1 (Mo:P = 1:10;50
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k = (0.8-2.5) × 10
-5s
-1, 50
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g similar metal to li
gand ratios. The data are consistent with a pseudo-first-order reaction in the presence of PPh
3. Diffusional effects on the reaction rate are detectedat low temperature
and low PPh
3 ratios.