Vinylacetylene (butenyne) derivatives as precursors of alkenylcarbene ruthenium complexes via allenylidene metal intermediates

Abstract
Complexes (η6-arene)(PR3)RuCl2(1a—c) react with HCC–C(R1)CHR2 derivatives in methanol to afford in one step the alkenylcarbene–ruthenium cations [(η6-arena)(PR3)ClRuC(OMe)CHC(R1)CH2R2]+(2)–(6)(R1 and R2= H or Me) which on deprotonation give cyclometallacarbenes (7)–(8); on the basis of labelling experiments the formation of (2)–(6) involves an allenylidene intermediate RuCCC(R1)(CH2R2)+ instead of the expected allylcarbene moiety RuC(OMe)CH2C(R1)(CHR2)+.

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