A metallocene-complexed dibismuthene: Cp2Zr(BiR)2 (Cp = C5H5; R = C6H3-2,6-Mes2).
The zirconocene-complexed dibismuthene, Cp2Zr(BiR)2 (Cp = C5H5; R = C6H3-2,6-Mes2), was prepared by the reaction of sodium metal with Cp2ZrCl2 and RBiCl2. The air- and moisture-sensitive dark reddish/brown compound is the first organometallic compound containing Bi-Zr bonds and the only example of a ZrBi2 ring. Moreover, our computations on associated model systems offer insight into the nature of the interaction of the heaviest dipnictene with a metallocene center.
Wang
Yuzhong
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Department of Chemistry and the Center for Computational Chemistry, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, USA.
Quillian
Brandon
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Yang
Xiao-Juan
XJ
Wei
Pingrong
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Chen
Zhongfang
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Wannere
Chaitanya S
CS
Schleyer
Paul v R
Pv
Robinson
Gregory H
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