Issue 39, 2008

Computational and experimental tools in solving some mechanistic problems in the chemistry of Fischer carbene complexes

Abstract

Well-established bonding situations of organometallic complexes and extensive applications in synthesis have been achieved during the past 25 years. In contrast, very little attention has been devoted to the intimate understanding of their reaction mechanisms. In this feature article, we show how the combined use of experimental and computational tools can be used to explore some reaction mechanisms of Fischer-type carbene complexes. The results obtained clearly demonstrate the usefulness of these combined tools to unravel the intimacies of different thermal and photochemical transformations, not only to explain already known processes but to predict new reactivity involving these fascinating complexes.

Graphical abstract: Computational and experimental tools in solving some mechanistic problems in the chemistry of Fischer carbene complexes

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
08 May 2008
Accepted
17 Jun 2008
First published
30 Jul 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 4671-4682

Computational and experimental tools in solving some mechanistic problems in the chemistry of Fischer carbene complexes

M. A. Sierra, I. Fernández and F. P. Cossío, Chem. Commun., 2008, 4671 DOI: 10.1039/B807806H

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