The synthesis and structural characterization of a novel tetracobalt cluster of 5,6,11,12,17,18-hexadehydrotribenzo[a,e,i]-cyclododecine
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 8,p. 548-549
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39880000548
Abstract
The interaction of octacarbonyldicobalt with 5,6,11,12,17,18-hexadehydrotribenzo[a,e,i]cyclododecine (tbc) yields the sixty-six electron cluster Co4(tbc)(CO)9 whose structure may model the transition state during metal catalysed [2 + 2 +2]cyclotrimerization of alkynes.Keywords
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