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Novel Insertions of Carbene Homologues into Metal‐η 5 Cp Bonds: Sandwich Complexes with Ge 2 Ni and Sn 2 Ni Cores
Author(s) -
Veith Michael,
Stahl Lothar
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199301061
Subject(s) - carbene , crystallography , metal , ligand (biochemistry) , chemistry , lewis acids and bases , nickel , stereochemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , receptor , biochemistry
An unsymmetrical bridging Cp ligand is the striking structural element in 1 . Compound 1 can be considered as an intermediate of the reaction in which GeMe 2 Si(N t Bu) 2 attacks [Cp 2 Ni] as a Lewis acid, and inserts into the NiCp bond. The analogous Sn complex has a symmetric structure.