Reagent control of stereochemistry in allylic additions to chiral aldehydes with CpMo(NO)(X)(2-methallyl) complexes of high enantiomeric purity

Relative hemilabilities of H2B(az)2 (az = pyrazolyl, dimethylpyrazolyl, methimazolyl) chelates in the complexes [M(η-C3H5)(CO)2{H2B(az)2}] (M = Mo, W)

The question of B–H–Mo hemilability in a range of dihydrobis(azolyl)borate scorpionate ligands is discussed with reference to η³-allyl complexes [Mo(η³-C₃H₅)(CO)₂{H₂B(az)₂}] [az = pyrazolyl (pz), dimethylpyrazolyl (pz*), mercaptoimidazolyl (mt)].

Preparation of homoallylic alcohols by reaction of aldehydes with η3-allyl- and η3-crotylmolybdenum complexes

η3-Allyl and η3-methallyl complexes of molybdenum react with aldehydes to give homoallylic alcohols in preparative yields when water is used as a proton source, but the scope of the reaction is narrowed in the case of the η3-crotylmolybdenum complex by the formation of both transposed and nontransposed products.Key words: molybdenum, allylation, chelate model, transposition.