Syntheses, structures, and reactivity of radial oligocyclopentadienyl metal complexes: Penta(ferrocenyl)cyclopentadienyl and congeners

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1794-1799

  Yu, Yong ^a,b   Bond, Andrew D ^c   Leonard, Philip W ^a,b   Vollhardt, K Peter C ^a,b   Whitener, Glenn D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbocations; Cyclopentadienyl ligands; Metal metal interactions; Palladium; Radialenes

Indexed keywords

CARBOCATIONS; CYCLOPENTADIENYL LIGANDS; METAL-METAL INTERACTIONS; RADIALENES;

CHEMICAL BONDS; CONFORMATIONS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; PALLADIUM; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

FERROCENE; FERROUS ION; METAL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR PROBE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

FERROUS COMPOUNDS; METALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR PROBES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 33745249289     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200504047     Document Type: Article

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