Reaction of Carbon Monoxide with Organo-metallic Compounds

Abstract

Since the metal carbonyl has been used as catalyst in the typical synthetic reactions such as Oxo and Reppe reactions, the relation between carbon monoxide and organo-metallic compounds has become deeper and deeper. In the near future, problems of the effective utilization of carbon monoxide will be solved by depending upon the organo-metallic compounds.From the above point of view, the authors elucidate various reactions they have studied, e.g., synthesis of symmetric ketones by the reaction of CO with organo-Li compounds, reaction of CO with organo trans-metallic compounds, production of new complex, Li-alloyl metal carbonylate by the reaction of metal carbonyl with organo-Li, and the reaction of the latter with unsaturated compounds. These studies are still in the early stage and not being developed to the synthetic field. By combining CO with organometallic compounds, new synthetic reactions are very promising.