Dynamic equilibration of η1-carbene and η2-alkyne moieties within an alkynylcarbene dimanganese complexElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: details of synthesis and spectral characterisation of the new complexes. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b1/b104712b/
Abstract
The coordination of an additional [Cp(CO)2Mn] fragment to the alkyne linkage of an alkynylcarbene complex of the type Cp(CO)2MnC(R′)CCR″ yields a highly fluxional molecule, in which the [η1-carbene] and [η2-alkyne] moieties are seen to exchange rapidly on the NMR time scale.