{"id":{"repo_id":"cape-town","oai_identifier":"oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/22277"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/cape-town/oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/22277","repository":{"repo_id":"cape-town","name":"University of Cape Town","base_url":"https://open.uct.ac.za/oai/request"},"display":{"title":"The synthesis and reactivity of functionalised alkyl transition metal complexes","abstract":"The complexes [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂X] and [CpW(CO)₃CH₂X] (Cp = n⁵-C₅H₅; X=Cl, Br, I) have been prepared and their reactivity with a series of tertiary phosphines, amines, SMe₂ and AsPh₃ in THF, CH₃CN and MeOH has been investigated. Two types of cationic products, namely the ylide complexes [CpM(CO)nCH₂L]+ or the disubstituted complexes [CpML₂(CO)n-l]+ (M = Fe, n = 2; M = W, n = 3) were obtained, depending on the halide (X), the ligand (L), the metal (M) and the solvent used. The variables X, L, M and the solvent used were also all found to influence the rates of the reactions. Thus the relative reaction rates of the complexes [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂Br] and [CpW(CO)₃CH₂Br] with L were determined by 1 H NMR spectroscopy and found to increase with increasing pKa and decreasing cone angle of L. In general, the rate of reaction of [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂X] and [CpW(CO)₃CH₂X] with L increases in the sequence Cl < Br < l and the reactions of [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂X] with L are significantly faster than the corresponding reactions of [CpW(CO)₃CH₂X]. The reactions of [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂Br] and [CpW(CO)₃CH₂Br] with dppe {dppe = bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane} yield the bridged dicationic ylide complexes [{Cp(CO)₂FeCH₂}₂{PPh₂(CH₂)₂PPh₂}] and [{Cp(CO)₃WCH₂}₂{PPh₂(CH₂)₂PPh₂}] respectively.","abstract_html":"The complexes [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂X] and [CpW(CO)₃CH₂X] (Cp = n⁵-C₅H₅; X=Cl, Br, I) have been prepared and their reactivity with a series of tertiary phosphines, amines, SMe₂ and AsPh₃ in THF, CH₃CN and MeOH has been investigated. Two types of cationic products, namely the ylide complexes [CpM(CO)nCH₂L]+ or the disubstituted complexes [CpML₂(CO)n-l]+ (M = Fe, n = 2; M = W, n = 3) were obtained, depending on the halide (X), the ligand (L), the metal (M) and the solvent used. The variables X, L, M and the solvent used were also all found to influence the rates of the reactions. Thus the relative reaction rates of the complexes [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂Br] and [CpW(CO)₃CH₂Br] with L were determined by 1 H NMR spectroscopy and found to increase with increasing pKa and decreasing cone angle of L. In general, the rate of reaction of [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂X] and [CpW(CO)₃CH₂X] with L increases in the sequence Cl &lt; Br &lt; l and the reactions of [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂X] with L are significantly faster than the corresponding reactions of [CpW(CO)₃CH₂X]. The reactions of [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂Br] and [CpW(CO)₃CH₂Br] with dppe {dppe = bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane} yield the bridged dicationic ylide complexes [{Cp(CO)₂FeCH₂}₂{PPh₂(CH₂)₂PPh₂}] and [{Cp(CO)₃WCH₂}₂{PPh₂(CH₂)₂PPh₂}] respectively.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Friedrich, Holger Bernhard"],"institution":"Department of Chemistry","degree_name":null,"degree_level":null,"degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":["Moss, John R"],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":1990,"date_issued":"1990","date_published":"1990","updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:23:04Z","subjects":[],"languages":["eng"],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22277","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier.uri"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor.advisor","label":"Advisor","values":["Moss, John R"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Friedrich, Holger Bernhard"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.accessioned","label":"Dc Date Accessioned","values":["2016-10-24T03:50:38Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2016-10-24T03:50:38Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["1990"]},{"key":"dc:publisher.department","label":"Dc Publisher Department","values":["Department of Chemistry"]},{"key":"dc:publisher.institution","label":"Dc Publisher Institution","values":["University of Cape Town"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Doctoral Thesis"]},{"key":"dc:type.qualificationlevel","label":"Dc Type Qualificationlevel","values":["Doctoral"]},{"key":"dc:type.qualificationname","label":"Dc Type Qualificationname","values":["PhD"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language.iso","label":"Language (ISO)","values":["eng"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22277"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["Includes bibliographical references."]},{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["The complexes [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂X] and [CpW(CO)₃CH₂X] (Cp = n⁵-C₅H₅; X=Cl, Br, I) have been prepared and their reactivity with a series of tertiary phosphines, amines, SMe₂ and AsPh₃ in THF, CH₃CN and MeOH has been investigated. Two types of cationic products, namely the ylide complexes [CpM(CO)nCH₂L]+ or the disubstituted complexes [CpML₂(CO)n-l]+ (M = Fe, n = 2; M = W, n = 3) were obtained, depending on the halide (X), the ligand (L), the metal (M) and the solvent used. The variables X, L, M and the solvent used were also all found to influence the rates of the reactions. Thus the relative reaction rates of the complexes [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂Br] and [CpW(CO)₃CH₂Br] with L were determined by 1 H NMR spectroscopy and found to increase with increasing pKa and decreasing cone angle of L. In general, the rate of reaction of [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂X] and [CpW(CO)₃CH₂X] with L increases in the sequence Cl < Br < l and the reactions of [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂X] with L are significantly faster than the corresponding reactions of [CpW(CO)₃CH₂X]. The reactions of [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂Br] and [CpW(CO)₃CH₂Br] with dppe {dppe = bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane} yield the bridged dicationic ylide complexes [{Cp(CO)₂FeCH₂}₂{PPh₂(CH₂)₂PPh₂}] and [{Cp(CO)₃WCH₂}₂{PPh₂(CH₂)₂PPh₂}] respectively."]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["The synthesis and reactivity of functionalised alkyl transition metal complexes"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor.advisor":["Moss, John R"],"dc:creator":["Friedrich, Holger Bernhard"],"dc:date.accessioned":["2016-10-24T03:50:38Z"],"dc:date.available":["2016-10-24T03:50:38Z"],"dc:date.issued":["1990"],"dc:description":["Includes bibliographical references."],"dc:description.abstract":["The complexes [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂X] and [CpW(CO)₃CH₂X] (Cp = n⁵-C₅H₅; X=Cl, Br, I) have been prepared and their reactivity with a series of tertiary phosphines, amines, SMe₂ and AsPh₃ in THF, CH₃CN and MeOH has been investigated. Two types of cationic products, namely the ylide complexes [CpM(CO)nCH₂L]+ or the disubstituted complexes [CpML₂(CO)n-l]+ (M = Fe, n = 2; M = W, n = 3) were obtained, depending on the halide (X), the ligand (L), the metal (M) and the solvent used. The variables X, L, M and the solvent used were also all found to influence the rates of the reactions. Thus the relative reaction rates of the complexes [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂Br] and [CpW(CO)₃CH₂Br] with L were determined by 1 H NMR spectroscopy and found to increase with increasing pKa and decreasing cone angle of L. In general, the rate of reaction of [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂X] and [CpW(CO)₃CH₂X] with L increases in the sequence Cl < Br < l and the reactions of [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂X] with L are significantly faster than the corresponding reactions of [CpW(CO)₃CH₂X]. The reactions of [CpFe(CO)₂CH₂Br] and [CpW(CO)₃CH₂Br] with dppe {dppe = bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane} yield the bridged dicationic ylide complexes [{Cp(CO)₂FeCH₂}₂{PPh₂(CH₂)₂PPh₂}] and [{Cp(CO)₃WCH₂}₂{PPh₂(CH₂)₂PPh₂}] respectively."],"dc:identifier.uri":["http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22277"],"dc:language.iso":["eng"],"dc:publisher.department":["Department of Chemistry"],"dc:publisher.institution":["University of Cape Town"],"dc:title":["The synthesis and reactivity of functionalised alkyl transition metal complexes"],"dc:type":["Doctoral Thesis"],"dc:type.qualificationlevel":["Doctoral"],"dc:type.qualificationname":["PhD"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:23:04Z"}