TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES OF SUBSTITUTED ALKYNES .4. SOME BRIDGING ALKYNE-COBALT COMPLEXES

Two new organocobalt complexes, Co2(CO)4(CF3C2CF3)3 and Co2(CO)4(CF3C3H)2- CF3C2CF3, have been isolated from the appropriate reactions of hexafluorobut-2-yne with octacarbonyldicobalt and of 3,3,3-trifluoropropyne with μ-hexafluorobut-2-yne-hexacarbonyldicobalt. The probable structures of these compounds are discussed in light of their infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra. The direct formation of complexes of the type Co3(CO)9CCH2R has been established in the reactions of several terminal alkynes, RC2H (R = H, CF3, C6H5), with octacarbonyldicobalt. The spectroscopic properties of the products so obtained are given. © 1969, CSIRO. All rights reserved.