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Iron indenyl carbonyl compounds: CO-releasing molecules.

Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2010-08-18)
Lindsay Hewison, Sian H Crook, Tony R Johnson, Brian E Mann, Harry Adams, Sarah E Plant, Philip Sawle, Roberto Motterlini
ABSTRACT

New CO-releasing molecules, CO-RMs, based on indenyl iron carbonyls have been identified. Half-lives for carbon monoxide (CO) release, (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR, IR, mass spectra, elemental analysis and biological data have been determined for the compounds. Limited correlations have been made between half-lives and ΔG(‡) for CO release and spectroscopic parameters, ν(CO) and δ((13)CO). X-ray structures have been determined for [Fe(η(5)-C(9)H(7))(CO)(2)L][BF(4)] where L is CO, NCMe, PPh(3), P(OPh)(3), NC(5)H(5) or 1-methylimidazole. Improved preparations of [Fe(η(5)-C(9)H(7))(CO)(2)](2) and [Fe(η(5)-C(9)H(7))(CO)(3)][BF(4)] are reported.

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Sigma-Aldrich
Iron(0) pentacarbonyl, >99.99% trace metals basis
Sigma-Aldrich
Iron(0) pentacarbonyl