Stepwise addition of difluorocarbene to a transition metal centre†
Graham M. Lee,Daniel J. Harrison,Ilia Korobkov,R. Tom Baker
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 12/10/2013 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C3CC48468H
Abstract
The Ruppert–Prakash reagent (Me3SiCF3) is used to introduce difluorocarbene (CF2) and tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) ligands to cobalt(I) metal centres, whereby the TFE ligand is generated via [2+1] cycloaddition between [Co]CF2 and CF2.
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CF2 and CF2.
