Date of Award
12-1991
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Chemistry
First Advisor
Dr. William J. Kelly
Second Advisor
Dr. Michael McCarville
Third Advisor
Dr. Donald Berndt
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Since the isolation of ferrocene in 1951, it has been shown to behave like benzene and may be acylated, sulfonated, metalated, and arylated. Like benzene, it also resists hydrogenation.
Daniel Trifan and Louis Nicholas (1957) were the first to show that ferrocene can be smoothly degraded by lithium and ethylamine. The isolation of free cyclopentadienyl ion on hydrolysis of the reaction mixture indicates that the cleavage leads initially to cyclopentadienyl lithium salt. A similar procedure applied to cyclopentadienylmanganese tricarbonyl also resulted in the formation of cyclopentadienyl lithium salt. This, when added to ferrous chloride, gave ferrocene. This technique can be expanded to other n-bonded cyclopentadienyl-metal complexes.
Recommended Citation
Iyer, Mani S., "Reductive Cleavage of Cyclopentadienylmanganese Tricarbonyl" (1991). Masters Theses. 997.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/997