title: Facile displacement of η5-cyclopentadienyl ligands from half-sandwich alkyl,NHC-nickel complexes: an original route to robust cis-C,C-nickel square planar complexes.
abstract: The η(5)-cyclopentadienyl (Cp) ligands of 18-electron half-sandwich alkyl,NHC-nickel complexes are readily displaced under acidic conditions to afford a novel class of cis-C,C-nickel square planar complexes. Remarkably, the nickel-alkyl and nickel-carbene bonds are not ruptured in these unprecedented Cp acidolysis reactions.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organométallique Appliquée, UMR CNRS 7509, Ecole européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux, Université de Strasbourg, 25 rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Mickaël
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Henrion
authors.forename: Anna Magdalena
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Oertel
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ritleng
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Chetcuti