Abstract
Cp2Cd.TMEDA 1 and Cp2Cd.PMDETA 2 have been synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic studies and by X-ray diffraction studies at low-temperature (153 K). The adducts are present in the crystals as mononuclear complexes. When the denticity of the Lewis base ligands in these adducts is increased (from two in 1 to three in three in 2) the Cd2+ centre requires less electron density from the Cp ligands and the hapticity changes from η2- in 1 to η1- in 2. Complexes 1 and 2 are the first compounds for which π-bonding of Cp ligands to Cd2+ has been observed in the solid state.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 175-179 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Organometallic Chemistry |
Volume | 493 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 17 May 1995 |
Keywords
- Adducts
- Cadmium
- Cadmocene
- Crystal structure
- Metallocene
- X-ray diffraction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry