Crystal Structure of a Silicon-Bridged Anionic Sodocene Complex:  Evidence for Alkene−Na<sup>+</sup> π-Bonding

Sjoerd Harder, Martin Lutz, Stephan J. Obert

Organometallics · 1999 · 14 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

The (allyl) 2 Si-bridged Cp 2 Na anion crystallizes as a polymeric chain structure in which Na cations bridge [(allyl) 2 Si(C 5 H 4 ) 2 ] 2 - units. One of the allyl substituents of the Si bridge shows alkene−Na + π-bonding interactions.

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