The mechanism of electrophilic substitution in η-cyclopentadienyl-metal complexes is a controversial topic. The reaction sequence shown below has now been confirmed for the half-sandwich complex C5H5Co(PMe3)2.
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Werner et al. (1977) studied this question.
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