Late transition metal .mu.-oxo and .mu.-imido complexes. 5. Addition of methylene chloride and methyl iodide to the phenyl ring of aryl imido/amido complexes of rhodium

Abstract

Growing interest in late-transition-metal oxo, imido, amido, alkoxo, and aryloxo complexes has resulted in the preparation of a number of complexes in which these ligands are highly basic. The resulting reaction chemistry is dominated by the nucleophilic or basic properties of the heteroatom center. In this communication the authors report a novel and unusual reaction of a late-transition-metal aryl imido/amido complex which indicates that the high electron density at the nitrogen center has been distributed out into the aryl ring, inducing high nucleophilic reactivity at the para ring position.