Q47 · CSIR NET Chemistry, June 2018
Paper: CSIR NET June 2018 · Subject: Inorganic Chemistry · Chapter: Organometallic Compounds · Topic: Cluster Compounds Wade Rules · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Hard
For the following reaction
$^{13}mathrm{CO} longrightarrow$
The structure of the intermediate is
$^{13}mathrm{CO} longrightarrow$
The structure of the intermediate is(c)

(d)

Answer
Answer: D ✓ checked by 4AB · confidence high
Explanation
Migratory insertion of CH₃ onto CO gives the 16-electron acyl CpFe(CO)(C(O)CH₃), which then takes up ¹³CO. The ¹³C label is therefore on a terminal CO, not in the acyl (d).
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