Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.129, No.19, 6092-6092, 2007
Transition metal migration upon attempting the Wolff rearrangement of an Ir(III) five-membered metallacycle
On attempting the Wolff rearrangement with an alpha-formyl-3-iridacyclopentanone, iridium migrates to the resulting carbene center in preference to carbon.