Q96 · CSIR NET Chemistry, December 2019
Paper: CSIR NET December 2019 · Subject: Inorganic Chemistry · Chapter: Organometallic Compounds · Topic: Cluster Compounds Wade Rules · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Hard
The product A of the following reaction is
(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Answer
Answer: C ✓ checked by 4AB · confidence high
Explanation
PPh₃ traps the coordinatively unsaturated acyl CpFe(CO)(C(O)CH₃) formed by methyl migration to CO (c).
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