title: A metallocene-complexed dibismuthene: Cp2Zr(BiR)2 (Cp = C5H5; R = C6H3-2,6-Mes2).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and the Center for Computational Chemistry, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, USA.
authors.forename: Yuzhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Brandon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Quillian
authors.forename: Xiao-Juan
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Pingrong
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Zhongfang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chaitanya S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Wannere
authors.forename: Paul v R
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authors.lastname: Schleyer
authors.forename: Gregory H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Robinson