Direct Metal Exchange in Carbonylcobalt Clusters

Harald Beurich, Heinrich Vahrenkamp

Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1981 · 31 citations · 3 references

Concepts

Abstract

A convenient route to the chemistry of heterotetrahedranes is provided by exchange reactions involving CH3CCo3(CO)9. The chiral cluster (1) was synthesized from the aforementioned cluster by a double metal exchange; (1) crystallized spontaneously, forming optically active crystals.

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