title: A facile and novel route to unprecedented manganese C4 cumulenic complexes.
abstract: The theoretically characterized (DFT) C4 cumulenic species Mn(C5H4R)(dmpe) [=C=C=C=C(SnPh3)2] was obtained by photolysis of the C(sp2)-Sn bond in the vinylidene complex Mn(C5H4R)(dmpe)[=C=C(SnPh3)-C[triple bond]CSnPh3], which in turn was prepared by a thermal reaction from MnC5H4R(dmpe)(C7H8) and Ph3Sn-C4-SnPh3.
authors.affiliation: Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut der Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Koushik
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Venkatesan
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Blacque
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alfonso
authors.forename: Helmut W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Schmalle
authors.forename: Heinz
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Berke