Syntheses, structures and magnetic properties of Mn(II) dimers [CpMn(micro-X)]2(Cp = C5H5; X = RNH, R1R2N, C[triple bond]CR).
Manganocene, Cp(2)Mn, has been employed as a precursor in the synthesis of a range of Mn(II) dimers of the type [CpMn(micro-X)](2)[X = 8-NHC(9)H(6)N (1), N(Ph)(C(5)H(4)N)(2), N(4-EtC(6)H(4))(C(5)H(4)N)(3) and C[triple bond]CPh (4)] as well as the bis-adduct [Cp(2)Mn[HN=C(NMe(2))(2)](2)](5). The solid-state structures of 1-5 are reported. Variable-temperature magnetic measurements have been used to assess the extent of Mn(micro-X)Mn communication within the dimers of 1-4 as a function of the bridging ligands (X).
Alvarez
Carmen Soria
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Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge, UK.
Boss
Sally R
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Burley
Jonathan C
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Humphry
Simon M
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Layfield
Richard A
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Kowenicki
Richard A
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McPartlin
Mary
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Rawson
Jeremy M
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Wheatley
Andrew E H
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Wood
Paul T
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Wright
Dominic S
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