Chemistry Letters, Vol.33, No.1, 16-17, 2004
Isolation and reaction of (indolin-3-ylidene)pentacarbonyltungsten generated from tungsten-containing azomethine ylide
(Indolin-3-ylidene)pentacarbonyltungsten, a non-hetero-atom-stabilized carbene complex of group 6 metal, was successfully isolated by the reaction of N-(o-alkynylphenyl)imine derivative, vinyl ether and tungstenhexacarbonyl under photoirradiation. This complex was moderately stable and fully characterized by spectroscopic analysis.