title: Unprecedented double migratory insertion of phenyl isocyanide into cyclopentadienyl C-H bonds.
abstract: The reaction of [(eta(5)-C(5)H(5))Cu(CNPh)] with phenyl-isocyanide results in an unprecedented double migratory insertion into two sp(2) C-H bonds of a eta(5)-coordinated cyclopentadienyl group, and formation of the 6-aminofulvene-2-aldimine complexes [(CNPh)Cu{kappa(2)-N,N-C(5)H(3)-1,2-(CHNPh)(2)}] and [(CNPh)(2)Cu{kappa(2)-N,N-C(5)H(3)-1,2-(CHNPh)(2)}], respectively, both of which have been structurally characterised.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, UKBA2 7AY. a.l.johnson@bath.ac.uk
authors.forename: Andrew L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Alexander M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Willcocks
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Raithby
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kingsley
authors.forename: Raj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Odedra