Li J, Li G, Xie Y, King RB, Schaefer HF. Structures of dimetallocenes M2(C5H5)2 (M = Zn, Cu, Ni, Co, Fe) and their perfluorinated derivatives.
NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI:
10.1039/c7nj01105a]
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Abstract
Density functional theory shows that the dizincocenes Zn2(C5X5)2 (X = H, F) have singlet coaxial structures with two (η5-C5X5)Zn units linked by a Zn–Zn single bond. However, the low-energy M2(C5H5)2 (M = Cu–Fe) structures have perpendicular configurations with bridging C5H5 ligands.
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