Metal–Metal Distances at the Limit: Cr–Cr 1.73 Å – the Importance of the Ligand and its Fine Tuning

Awal Noor, G. Glatz, Robert Müller, Martin Kaupp, Serhiy Demeshko, Rhett Kempe

Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie · 2009 · 116 citations · 19 references

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Abstract The synthesis and structure of a homobimetallic chromium complex is reported. The ligand used to stabilise the quintuply bonded metals is a sterically fine‐tuned guanidinate. A chromium–chromium bond length of 1.7293(12) Å was observed. It is the shortest metal–metal distance reported for a stable compound yet.

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