Indol-1-yl-substituted dihydropyranyl- and cyclohexenylmolybdenum complexes were
obtained via nucleophilic addition of a variety of substituted indoles to cationic (pyran)- and
(cyclohexadiene)molybdenum complexes. The efficiency of these addition reactions was found
to be highly dependent upon the substitution pattern in the nucleophile. Oxidative
decomplexation with iodine smoothly delivered the corresponding allylic iodide in good yield.
Complex 6b was characterized by X-ray crystallography.
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