Catalysis of Diene Polymerization and Diels-Alder Reactions by an Octahedral Tungsten Nitrosyl Lewis Acid. X-ray Crystal Structure of the η1-Acrolein Complex (cis-Me3p)trans-NO)(CO)3W̶O═C(H)C(H)═CH2

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Abstract

Cyclopentadiene and isoprene are polymerized by 0.1 mol % (Me3P)(CO)3(NO)W-FSbF5(1), and catalysis of the Diels-Alder reactions of cyclopentadiene or butadiene with α,β-unsaturated enones is also induced by as little as 0.1 mol % 1; the X-ray structure of the adduct of 1 and acrolein, the presumed catalytic intermediate, reveals a simple Lewis acid interaction of the tungsten with the acrolein oxygen.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5293-5296
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
Volume52
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1 1987
Externally publishedYes

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