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Chemical synthesis with metal atoms: preparation and X-ray structure of (η<sup>5</sup>-cycloheptadienyl)-(η<sup>5</sup>-cycloheptatrienyl) iron. A bifluxional molecule

J. R. Blackborow, Knut Hildenbrand, Ernst Koerner von Gustorf, Alberto Scrivanti, Colin R. Eady, Daniel Ehntolt, Carl Krüger

Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1976 · 10 citations · 0 references

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Natural SciencesChemistryMaterials ScienceCrystal StructureInorganic ChemistryPhysical ChemistryCoordination ChemistryMetal-ligand BondingMetalsTransition Metal ComplexesX-ray CrystallographySandwich ComplexesSandwich Structure AnalysisX-ray Diffraction AnalysisX-ray Spectral AnalysisX-ray Structure Determination

Abstract

[Fe(η5-C7H7)(η5-C7H9)] has been prepared by cocondensation of iron vapour with cycloheptatriene; an X-ray analysis shows a sandwich structure with open faces of the two η5-systems skew to each other, and in solution two types of fluxional behaviour are exhibited.