Reduced cobaloxi
me (cobaloxi
me = [(pyridine)(di
methylglyoxi
me)
2cobalt]) co
mpounds reactwith a variety of oxygen-substituted allenic and propargyl electrophiles to produce cobaloxi
me-substituted
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mplexes prepared have been characterized by X-ray crystallography.Several of the
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mplexes were subsequently converted into 1-cobaloxi
me-1,3-dienyl co
mplexes using
Peterson or Petasis olefinations. One of these new dienylco
mplexes has also been characterized by X-ray crystallography.