From the correspondingTpMo(CO)
2(
-allyl) complexes, foursymmetrically substitutedTpMo(CO)(NO)(
-allyl)
+ complexes(
-allyl = propenyl, 2-methylpropenyl, cyclohexenyl,andcyclooctenyl) were prepared and characterized by IR, by
1Hand
13C NMR spectroscopy, andin one case by X-ray crystallography. TheBF
4- salts of the cationic nitrosyl complexeswereunstable in solution; however, using the noncoordinating counterion[(3,5-(CF
3)
2C
6H
3)
4B]
-(BAr'
4-) robust complexes were produced,permitting a thorough spectroscopic investigation.The crystal structure of[TpMo(CO)(NO)(
3-C
3H
5)][(3,5-(CF
3)
2C
6H
3)
4B]revealed a significant
3 2 distortion of the allyl moiety.HETCOR and COSY NMR experiments were conductedin order to assign the chemical shifts of each of the allyl hydrogenand carbon atoms,unambiguously. These data also revealed the
3 2 distortion of the allyl complexes.
1HNOE experiments were carried out in order to determine the conformationof the allylfragment for each nitrosyl complex.[TpMo(CO)(NO)(
3-C
3H
5)][BAr'
4]was formed as amixture of
exo/
endo rotamers (5.2:1), while[TpMo(CO)(NO)(
3-C
4H
7)][BAr'
4]existed exclusively as the
endo rotamer in solution. Only the
exo rotamer was observed for the cycliccomplexes[TpMo(CO)(NO)(
3-C
6H
9)][BAr'
4]and[TpMo(CO)(NO)(
3-C
8H
13)][BAr'
4].A plausible mechanism for the formation of the cationic nitrosyl complexesinvolves the electrophilicaddition of NO
+ to the neutralTpMo(CO)
2(
3-allyl) complex withconcurrent slippage of theallyl form
3 to
1 to generate aseven-coordinate cationic
1-allyl complex. Adeuteriumlabeling study usingTpMo(CO)
2(
3-C
3H
4D)provided evidence for the
3 1mechanismresponsible for the formation of
exo/
endoisomers.