An aldol condensation induced by a transition metal complex
RL Bennett and MI Bruce
Australian Journal of Chemistry
28(5) 1141 - 1143
Published: 1975
Abstract
The reaction between benzyl methyl ketone and MnMe(CO)5 affords
Mn(CO)3[η5-CHPhCMeCHC(CH2Ph)O]
in which the unsaturated ligand, formed by condensation between two molecules of the ketone, acts as an acyclic heteroatom five-electron donor.
https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9751141c
© CSIRO 1975
