Photo-induced tautomerisation of methyltrioxorhenium(vii): the intermediate in olefin metathesis?

Leigh J. Morris, Anthony J. Downs, Tim M. Greene, G. Sean McGrady, Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Peter Sirsch, Odd Gropen, Wolfgang Scherer

Chemical Communications · 2000 · 18 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

Matrix-isolated [CH3ReO3] tautomerises to [H2CRe(O)2OH] under the influence of UV light; the carbene has been characterised in its normal and 2H- and 13C-enriched isotopic forms by its IR spectrum with results well replicated by quantum chemical calculations.

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