“CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF M-CO

COMPLEXES”

“CO Substitution Reactions”

CO Substitution Reactions
Substitution Reactions; Intermediate
stabilized by Weakly coordinating
Ligand

Acetonitrile boiling point = 82 0C

Iron Penta-Carbonyl Substitution
Reactions
Photochemical Substitution Reactions
of Mononuclear Complexes
Associative Substitution Reactions
 Substitution Reactions; Odd-electron
Complexes react much faster than
Even-electron Analogues
A
B
 Electron Transfer Catalysis
B
Photochemical Substitution Reactions
of Binuclear Complexes
Is it easier to carry out Substitution Reactions that
result in metal complex with no Carbonyl ligand
bound to metal?