title: The synthesis of the heterocubane cluster [{CpMn}4(μ3-P)4] as a tetrahedral shaped starting material for the formation of polymeric coordination compounds.
abstract: Thermolysis of [CpMn(η(6)-cht)] with P4 in 1,3-diisopropylbenzene leads to the formation of the heterocubane [Cp4Mn4P4] () in high yields, as a rare example of 'naked' phosphorus containing complexes of manganese. Compound is characterized and studied by DFT calculations and reflection measurements. 1D coordination polymers [{(CpMn)4(μ3-P)4}(CuX)]n (2-Cl: X = Cl; 2-Br: X = Br) are obtained in the reaction with CuX. Furthermore, it is shown that all four P atoms in can be addressed for a coordination towards cymantrene resulting in [{(CpMn)4(μ3-P)4}{CpMn(CO)2}n] (: n = 1; : n = 2; : n = 3; : n = 4), and shows that is a tetra-topic building block in coordination chemistry.
authors.affiliation: University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, 93040 Regensburg, Germany. manfred.scheer@chemie.uni-regensburg.de.
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heinl
authors.forename: Konrad
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kiefer
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Balázs
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wickleder
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scheer