Quantitative Determination of the Regioselectivity of Nucleophilic Addition to η-Propargyl Rhenium Complexes and Direct Observation of an Equilibrium Between η-Propargyl Rhenium Complexes and Rhenacyclobutenes
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PMe(3) adds selectively to the central carbon of the η(3)- propargyl complex [C(5)Me(5)(CO)(2)Re(η(3)-CH(2)C≡CCMe(3))][BF(4)] (1-t-Bu) to form the metallacyclobutene [C(5)Me(5)(CO)(2)Re(CH(2)C(PMe(3))=CCMe(3))][BF(4)] (7). The rate of rearrangement of the m... ...
