Reactions of aluminium( <scp>i</scp> ) with transition metal carbonyls: scope, mechanism and selectivity of CO homologation
Richard Y. Kong, María Batuecas, Mark R. Crimmin
Abstract
carbon chain were observed to form in different ratios with different transition metal reagents. Based on a combination of experiments (isotope labelling studies, study of intermediates) and calculations (DFT, NBO, ETS-NOCV) we propose a complete mechanism for chain growth that involves defined reactivity at both transition metal and main group centres.
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