Cobaloxime anions(pyr(dmg)
2Co
-Na
+)and/or hydrides (pyr(dmg)
2CoH) react withcinnamoyl chloride and a variety of ynones and ynoates to producecobaloxime-substituted
,
-unsaturated acyl complexes. The stereochemistry of the alkeneproduced by the ynone andynoate hydrometalations can be controlled through choice ofhydrometalation reactionconditions. Two of these new acyl complexes have beencharacterized by X-ray crystallography.