Single-cyclopentadienyl complexes

Molecular examples of trivalent molybdenum are known in mononuclear, dinuclear, and tetranuclear complexes, as illustrated in Figure 5. The hexachloride ion, MoCk (Fig- 5a) is generated by the electrolysis of Mo(VI) in concentrated HCl. Hydrolysis of MoCP in acid gives the hexaaquamolybdenum(III) ion, Mo(H20) g, which is obtainable in solution of poorly coordinating acids, such as triflic acid (17). Several molybdenum(III) organometaUic compounds are known. These contain a single cyclopentadienyl ligand (Cp) attached to Mo (Fig. 5d) (27). 

More contrasting behavior is displayed by the somewhat related molybdenum complex of l-[(dimethylamino)methyl]-2-(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene, (FcCNP)-Mo(CO)4, in which the octahedral geometry around the molybdenum atom is achievd by coordination of one P atom and one N atom of the adjacent substituents attached to a single cyclopentadienyl ring (see the sketch in Fig. 7-10). In CH2CI2, the irreversible oxidation of the molybdenum fragment precedes the reversible oxidation of the ferrocene moiety [40],... 

In summary, there are quite a number of interesting cyclopentadienyl complexes with pendant arsenic ligands. However, all this has been found by a single... 

Sulfur imides with a single NR functionality, S5NR (6.12), SeNR (6.13) (R = Oct), " SgNH (6.14), ° and S9NH (6.15) ° are obtained by a methodology similar to that which has been used for the preparation of unstable sulfur allotropes, e.g., S9 and Sio. Eor example, the metathesis reaction between the bis(cyclopentadienyl)titanium complexes 6.8-6.10 and the appropriate dichlorosulfane yields 6.14 and 6.15 (Eq. 6.4). °... 

Reaction of the same neutral borabenzene-ligand adduct, C5H5B-PMe3, with a transition, rather than an alkali, metal alkyl or amide can furnish r 6-boratabenzene complexes in a single step (Scheme 8).17 This efficient transformation presumably proceeds through initial ir-coordination of CsHsB-PMes to the transition metal, followedby an intramolecular substitution reaction. In contrast to other approaches to the synthesis of T 6-boratabenzene complexes, this synthetic route does not have a parallel in if-cyclopentadienyl chemistry. 

Non-cyclopentadienyl single-site lanthanide alkoxides mostly feature N-donor-based ancillary ligands. Examples include bulky bis(arylamidinate)-yttrium(III) alkoxides, phenoxides and amides such as complexes (307)-(309), which initiate the ROP of LA.892 However, control over molecular weight is poor and polydispersities are broad (typically >1.5), with the exception of (309) in the presence of exogenous benzyl alcohol. 

Monomeric carbene complexes with 1 1 stoichiometry have now been isolated from the reaction of 4 (R = Bu, adamantyl or 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl R = H) with lithium l,2,4-tris(trimethylsilyl)cyclo-pentadienide (72). The crystal structure of one such complex (R = Bu) revealed that there is a single cr-interaction between the lithium and the carbene center (Li-C(carbene) 1.90 A) with the cyclopentadienyl ring coordinated in an if-fashion to the lithium center. A novel hyper-valent antimonide complex has also been reported (73). Thus, the nucleophilic addition of 4 (R = Mes R = Cl) to Sb(CF3)3 resulted in the isolation of the 1 1 complex with a pseudo-trigonal bipyramidal geometry at the antimony center. 

A complex with an Fe—Fe bond for which the electron density is available is bis(dicarbonyl-7i-cyclopentadienyl iron), [C5H5Fe(CO)2]2 (Fig. 10.13) (Mitschler et al. 1978). The 18-electron rule again requires only a single bond to explain the observed diamagnetism. The combined X-ray and neutron study indicates a complete absence of density accumulation in the metal-metal bonding region of the standard deformation density, in agreement with an SCF theoretical density,... 

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