Fluorocarbene complex

Cobalt Fluorocarbene Complexes

Daniel J. Harrison, Serge I. Gorelsky, Graham M. Lee, Ilia Korobkov, and R. Tom Baker*

First persistent nucleophilic fluorocarbene complexes of cobalt are reported.  These complexes have unusual stability to water.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/om3010959
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