1,5-Cyclooctadiene

1209288 (Z,Z)GX9620000 (Z,Z)1,5-Cyclooctadiene is the organic compound with the chemical formula C8H12. Generally abbreviated COD, this diene is a useful precursor to other organic compounds and serves as a ligand in organometallic chemistry. It is a colorless liquid with a strong odor. 1,5-Cyclooctadiene can be prepared by dimerization of butadiene in the presence of a nickel catalyst, a coproduct being vinylcyclohexene. Approximately 10,000 tons were produced in 2005.Bis(cyclooctadiene)nickel(0).Crabtree's catalyst.The complex Rh2(COD)2Cl2.Co(1,5-cyclooctadiene)(cyclooctenyl).Dichloro(1,5‐cyclooctadiene)palladiumcyclooctadiene iridium chloride dimerDichloro(1,5‐cyclooctadiene)platinum 1,5-Cyclooctadiene is the organic compound with the chemical formula C8H12. Generally abbreviated COD, this diene is a useful precursor to other organic compounds and serves as a ligand in organometallic chemistry. It is a colorless liquid with a strong odor. 1,5-Cyclooctadiene can be prepared by dimerization of butadiene in the presence of a nickel catalyst, a coproduct being vinylcyclohexene. Approximately 10,000 tons were produced in 2005. COD reacts with borane to give 9-borabicyclononane, commonly known as 9-BBN, a reagent in organic chemistry used in hydroborations: COD adds SCl2 (or similar reagents) to give 2,6-dichloro-9-thiabicyclononane: The resulting dichloride can be further modified as the diazide or dicyano derivative in a nucleophilic substitution aided by anchimeric assistance. 1,5-COD binds to low-valent metals via both alkene groups. Metal-COD complexes are attractive because they are sufficiently stable to be isolated, often being more robust than related ethylene complexes. The stability of COD complexes is attributable to the chelate effect. The COD ligands are easily displaced by other ligands, such as phosphines. Ni(COD)2 is prepared by reduction of anhydrous nickel acetylacetonate in the presence of the ligand, using triethylaluminium The related Pt(COD)2 is prepared by a more circuitous route involving the dilithium cyclooctatetraene: Extensive work has been reported on complexes of COD, much of which has been described in volumes 25, 26, and 28 of Inorganic Syntheses. The platinum complex is a precursor to a 16-electron complex of ethylene: