(OC-6-32)-W(CO)3[(CH3)2PC2H4P(CH3)2] (olefin) complexes (9-14) were prepared photochemically from W(CO)4[(CH3)2PC2H4P(CH3)2](l) via W(CO)3[(CH3)2PC2H4P(CH3)2]- (THF) (2) and the electron poor olefins dimethyl inalonate(3), fumarate (4), inothylfumarate (5), fluorofumarato (6), chlorofumarato (7) and bromofumarate (8). The stereochemistry of 9-14 was elucidated by IR and NMR spectroscopy. The hindered rotations of the olefin ligands in 9-14 were studied by D-NMR spectroscopy. 11-14 form two diastereomeric isomers when the olefin rotation is freezed. The spectroscopic behaviour of the dimethyl fumarato complex 10 gives unambiguous proof for the rotation of the olefin ligand around the metal-olefin-bond. Alternative motions are ruled out.
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