Carbene transposition involving double dehydrogenation of an sp3 carbonElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: synthetic and spectroscopic data. Crystallographic data and selected bond lengths and angle for B. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b1/b102422c/
Abstract
Two benzylic hydrogens of
2,6-Me2C6H3O− coordinated
to RuCl(PCy3)2(CHPh)+ are transferred to
the benzylidene