Dinickel catalyzed carbonylation reactions using metal carbonyl reagents as CO sources

Dinickel complexes promote stoichiometric Pauson-Khand reactions of enynes and CO (g). However, catalytic turnover is precluded by the strong binding of CO to the Ni-2 active site. This article describes the use of M(CO)(x) reagents as stoichiometric CO precursors in Ni-2-catalyzed carbonylation reactions. As part of these studies, well-defined heterotrinuclear Ni2Fe, Ni2Co, and Ni2Mn carbonyl clusters are synthesized using the [NDI]Ni-2 platform as a template (NDI = naphthyridine-diimine). (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.