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Complexes with sterically demanding ligands, XVI. An unexpected coupling of trimethylsilyl‐substituted cyclopentadienide anion by ferric chloride
Author(s) -
Okuda Jun,
Herdtweck Eberhardt,
Zeller Edgar M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
chemische berichte
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 0009-2940
DOI - 10.1002/cber.19911240716
Subject(s) - chemistry , trimethylsilyl , ferric , steric effects , chloride , medicinal chemistry , derivative (finance) , tris , trimethylsilyl chloride , ion , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , biochemistry , financial economics , economics
Abstract Reaction of 1,2,4‐tris(trimethylsilyl)cyclopentadienyllithium with ferric chloride in THF at ‐95°C leads to the formation of a thermally sensitive iron(III) complex which decomposes to the new dihydrofulvalene derivative 3,7‐dihydro‐1,3,3,5,7,7‐hexakis(trimethylsilyl)fulvalene ( 1 ).