title: catena-Poly[[(tetrahydrofuran-κO)potassium]-μ-(η5:η5)-2,3,4,5-tetramethyl-1-n-pentylcyclopentadienyl].
abstract: The title compound, [K(C14H23)(C4H8O)]n, comprises zigzag chains of alternating bridging 2,3,4,5-tetramethyl-1-n-pentylcyclopentadienyl ligands and potassium ions, with an ancillary tetrahydrofuran ligand in the coordination environment of potassium. The coordination polymer strands so formed extend by 21 screw symmetry in the b-axis direction. The chemically modified cyclopentadienyl ligand, with a tethered n-pentyl group, was synthesized from 2,3,4,5-tetramethylcyclopent-2-enone by a Grignard reaction.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Analytische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany. ruediger.seidel@rub.de
authors.forename: Rüdiger W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Seidel
authors.forename: Chelladurai
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ganesamoorthy
authors.forename: Sinah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Loerke
authors.forename: Manuela V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gemel
authors.forename: Roland A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Fischer