Cyclo-octatetraenes R-C8H7(R = H, Me, Ph) undergo transannular cyclisation on reaction with Ru3(CO)12 in refluxing heptane or octane to form pentalene complexes Ru3(CO)8(R-C8H5); the molecular structure of fluxional Ru3(CO)8(C8H6) has been determined by an X-ray diffraction study.
J. A. K. Howard, S. A. R. Knox, V. Riera, F. G. A. Stone and P. Woodward, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1974, 452 DOI: 10.1039/C39740000452
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