Reaction of Fed( C0)lz or Fez( (20)s with cyclooctatrienone yields a mixture of yellow C&OFe( Fez( CO)6. and cyclooctatriene.[C&Fez(CO)e]+ may be isolated. and orange C8H80-A red-orange compound CsHl0Fez( CO)6 has been isolated from the reaction between triiron dodecacarbonyl From the reaction between CsH1bFe2(CO)e and salts of (C&,)aC+, salts of an orange cation apparently
A. Cyclooctatrienone ComplexesRecently several interesting complexes have been isolated from the reaction between cyclooctatriene and various metal carbonyl derivatives. Thus the hexacarbonyls of chromium, molybdenum, and tungsten react with a mixture of 1,3,5-cyclooctatriene and 1,3,6cyclooctatriene t o give the red complexes 1,3,5-C8H10-M(CO)3 (M = Cr and M o )~,~ and the yellow complexes 1,3,6-(CgHlo)zM(CO)2 (M = Mo and W).z From the reaction between the various iron carbonyls and a mixture of the two isomeric cyclooctatrienes the following three compounds have been isolated : yellow-orange bicyclo [4,2,0]octadieneiron tricarbonyl, 2,4,5 yellow 1,3,5cyclooctatrieneiron tricarbonyl,6 and a red-orange compound of apparent composition CgH&e2(CO)e.
The cobalt compounds [ C~H I O C O ( C O )~]~~and C5H5CoCsHlo7"a have also been isolated.The existence of these metal complexes of cyclooctatriene made of interest an investigation of the reaction between 1,3,5-cycl~octatrienone~ and various metal carbonyl derivatives in order to determine the effect on the nature of the complexes formed of the electronegative ketonic oxygen atom bonded to one of the carbon atoms of the eight-membered ring.
ExperimentalIn general infrared spectra were taken in potassium bromide pellets and recorded on a Perkin-Elmer Model 21 double-beam machine with NaCl optics. In addition, the metal carbonyl regions of the infrared spectra were taken in Halocarbon oil mulls and recorded on a Perkin-Elmer Model 112 single-beam machine with CaF2 optics. Proton n.m.r. spectra were taken on a Varian Associates Model A-60 machine. Hexamethyldisiloxane was used as an internal standard. Microanalyses and molecular weight determinations (Mechrolab vapor pressure osmometer in benzene solution) were performed by Dr. A. Bernhardt, Mikroanalytisches Laboratorium, Max-Planck-Institut far Kohlen-(1) For part I V of this series, see R.