posted on 1998-07-23, 00:00authored byMark D. Winemiller, W. Dean Harman
The naphthalene complex of pentaammineosmium(II) (1) reacts with four different classes of
electrophiles to form 1-naphthalenium species 2−5. These η3-allyl complexes react stereospecifically with a
variety of nucleophiles to form cis-1,4-dihydronaphthalene complexes. The entire reaction sequence may be
performed outside a glovebox in two steps using conventional techniques.