Organometallics in the thiourea lattice host

Thiourea forms a layered lattice able to act as host for some organometallic guest molecules. The ferrocene-thiourea inclusion compound has been investigated by spectroscopic methods (NMR, Mossbauer) and it has been shown that the thiourea host structure is preserved [492-502]. Other inclusion compounds of thiourea with organometallics such as ( / -l,3-cyclohexadiene)Mn(CO)3, (7/ -C6H6)Cr(CO)3, (/ -l,3-cyclohexadiene)Fe(CO)3, and t/ -C(CH2)3Fe(CO)3 have been reported [503, 504]. 

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