Intramolecular Exchange of Carbonyl Group Sites in Tetracarbonyliron Complexes of Ethylene and Simple (E)‐Configurated Olefins
The activation parameters of the intramolecular exchange of carbonyl group sites in the tetracarbonyliron complexes 2–5 of ethylene, (E)‐2‐butene, (E)‐4‐octene and (E)‐cyclooctene, respectively have been determined between 180 and 115 K by a complete line shape analysis of the 13C‐NMR, signals of the CO‐groups. The temperature dependence of the rates (k (2), k (3), k (4) and k (5), respectively) of this intramolecular exchange process can be described by the following equations (Ea in J/mol):
Further data are given in Tables 3 and 4.
Furthermore, a good linear correlation between the energies of activation of the carbonyl exchange process in 1,2‐disubstituted olefins and the corresponding averaged wavenumbers ( (CO)) of the carbonyl stretching vibrations or of the corresponding chemical 13C‐shifts (δ (CO)) of the carbonyl group at fast exchange in the complexes seems to exist.