title: Convenient syntheses of "heavy fluorous" cyclopentadienes and cyclopentadienyl complexes with three to five ponytails.
abstract: Reactions of (eta5-C5H(5-x)Brx)M(CO)3(M = Re, Mn; x= 1, 3, 4, 5) and IZn(CH2)2R(f8) in the presence of Cl2PdL2 catalysts give the title complexes (eta5)-C5H(5-x)(CH2)2R(f8)x)M(CO3), accompanied in the case of x= 5 by hydride-transfer byproducts. Extremely high fluorophilicities are realized, and the cyclopentadienyl ligands are readily detached (hnu) from the manganese complexes.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nurnberg, Henkestrasse 42, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Long V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Dinh
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gladysz