In this review article complexes of the type X,M-R are dealt with in which a a-bonded organic ligand R is additionally linked by a n-bond with the metal M. In other words, the complexes contain metallacycles with three and a half, four and a half, five and a half members, etc. Well-known five and a half membered ring systems are those with 4-penteny1, 1,4pentadienyl, norbornyl, norbornenyl, cyclooctenyl, and endo-dicyclopentadienyl ligands. Metallacycles of this size are strain-free and stable. Donor ligands such as amines and phosphanes can displace the coordinated double bond of the n-ligand from the metal. This C=C double bond is lengthened from cu. 133 pm to 136-146 pm by the coordination.
4-Pentenyl Compoundsq3-Allylcobalt complexes readily form the five and a half membered n-coordination compounds 8 by insertion of fluoroolefins into the q3-allyl-cobaltThe observation that q3-allyl(tricarbonyI)cobalt complexes already react at room temperature, whereas the phosphane-and phosphite-complexes react only on heating is explained by the electrophilicity of cobalt being lowered on bonding to the phosphorus ligand. Monophosphane-and monophosphite-substituted products 8 can [*I Dr. 1. Omae Central Research Institute, Teijin Limited Asahigaoka, Hino, Tokyo, 191 (Japan) [*I The C-atoms of the ligands in 7-9,93, 100-103 and in Figure I are not numbered systematically.Angen,. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 21 (1982) 889-902 0 Verlag Chemie GmbH, 6940 Weinheim. 1982 0570-0833/82/1212-0889 $02.50/0 = 1,2; m + n = 3 Angew. Chem. In(. Ed. Engl. 21 11982) 889-902 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 21 (1982) 889-902 O M e X -q d -X cd X J OMe