Synthesis and crystal structure determination of the bicyclic [bis(μ-P,N-1-benzyl-2-imidazolyl-diphenylphosphine) (μ-O,O′-diperchlorate)dimercury(II)][diperchlorate]

Tenfold Metalation of Ferrocene: Synthesis, Structures, and Metallophilic Interactions in FeC10 (HgX)10

The permercuration of ferrocene was achieved by reacting ferrocene with 10 equivalents of mercury(II) butyrate Hg(O2 CC3 H7 )2 in a facile one-pot reaction in multi-gram scale and high yields. The butyrate groups in FeC10 (HgX)10 (X=O2 CC3 H7 ) can be exchanged by treatment with trifluoro- or trichloroacetic acid (X=O2 CCF3 , O2 CCCl3 ). Substitution of the trifluoroacetate groups by halides (X=Cl, F) proceeds easily in aqueous THF. The completeness of metalation was confirmed by NMR and vibrational spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, as well as elemental analysis. Additionally, the first crystal structures of permetallated metallocenes are presented: FeC10 (HgX)10 (X=Cl, O2 CCF3 , O2 CCCl3 ).

Formation of a 1D-polymeric chain of Hg building blocks through C-C coupling under ambient conditions

A novel C-C coupled 1D-polymeric chain (1) is obtained by reaction of HgCl2 and hmp-H (2-(2-hydroxymethyl pyridine)) (1 : 1) in MeOH at ambient temperature. However, a new class of μ-oxo and μ-chloro bridged polymers (2) has been obtained by altering the metal : ligand ratio to 1 : 2.