Barrier to recemization of the framework of a chiral polynuclear cation

1 January 1977

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 12,p. 393-394
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39770000393

Abstract

The framework of the chiral polynuclear cation [Rh{Fe(PAr₂)(CO)₂(η-C₅H₅)}₂]⁺(2) racemizes with simultaneous bridge-terminal carbonyl exchange, ΔG^‡ being ca. 13 kcal mol^–1 in CD₂Cl₂ for both processes.

Keywords

RECEMIZATION
PAR2
SIMULTANEOUS
MOL
TERMINAL
KCAL
CARBONYL