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Ring selectivity and migratory aptitude of Cp*Ru+ complexation to acecorannulene
T Jon Seiders1, Kim K Baldridge, Joseph M O'Connor
1Department of Chemistry, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0358, USA.
Abstract:
Synthesis and spectral characterization of acecorannulene CpRu+ complexes, in combination with ab initio quantum chemical computations, leads to the hypothesis that eta6-metal binding prefers the exo face in the region of least curvature.