Migratory Insertion of CO into a Au-C Bond

Cadge, Jamie A, Gates, Paul J, Bower, John F ORCID: 0000-0002-7551-8221 and Russell, Christopher A (2022) Migratory Insertion of CO into a Au-C Bond. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 144 (43). pp. 19719-19725.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c10432

Abstract

A MeDalPhos-ligated gold(III) metallafluorene complex, generated via C-C oxidative addition of biphenylene, reacts with CO to produce 9-fluorenone. Experimental and computational studies show that this proceeds via a hitherto unknown migratory insertion of CO into a Au(III)-C bond. This process is more energetically challenging compared to other M-C bonds, but once achieved, the product is comparatively stable with respect to retro-carbonylation. Exploiting migratory insertion of CO into Au-C bonds may extend the range of products that are accessible using gold chemistry.

Item Type:	Article
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	18 Oct 2022 09:27
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 20:36
DOI:	10.1021/jacs.2c10432
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c10432
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3165579