@article {1955,
	title = {Selective activation and functionalization of linear alkanes initiated under ambient conditions by a tungsten allyl nitrosyl complex},
	journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
	volume = {129},
	number = {17},
	year = {2007},
	note = {Tsang, Jenkins Y. K. Buschhaus, Miriam S. A. Legzdins, Peter},
	month = {May},
	pages = {5372-+},
	abstract = {The new tungsten allyl nitrosyl complex, Cp*W(NO)(eta(3)-CH2CHCHMe)(CH2CMe3) (1) (Cp* = eta(5)-C5Me5; Me = CH3), selectively activates the terminal C-H bonds of n-pentane at room temperature and forms the thermally stable compound, Cp*W(NO)(eta(3)-CH2CHCHMe)(CH2CH2CH2CH2Me) (2), from which the n-pentyl ligand may be selectively released as 1-iodopentane by treatment with I-2. Current experimental evidence suggests that the C-H activation chemistry derived from 1 proceeds via two distinct steps: (1) formation of the intermediate eta(2)-diene complex, Cp*W(NO)(eta(2)-CH2CHCHCH2) (A) via intramolecular beta-H elimination of neopentane from 1, and (2) incorporation of n-pentane into A via intermolecular beta-H addition to produce 2. Intermediate A can be trapped by PMe3 as the Cp*W(NO)(eta(2)-CH2CHCHCH2)(PMe3) adduct (3), and the solid-state molecular structures of 1, 2, and 3 have been established by single-crystal X-ray crystallographic analyses.},
	isbn = {0002-7863},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000245946400037},
	author = {Tsang, J. Y. K. and Buschhaus, M. S. A. and Legzdins,Peter}
}
