title: Substrate Binding by a Parallel Metal Sheet Sandwich Complex: A Unique Role of an Additional Metal Atom.
abstract: A unique metal addition to the edge of a triangular palladium sandwich cluster is reported. While the edge coordination sites of a parallel sandwich complex are narrow because of two sterically encumbering π-ligands, association of an additional metal atom to a metal sheet gives a wider coordination site. It was proved that the additional metal atom plays a crucial role in binding of cyclopentadienyl by a Pd3sheet sandwich complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8552, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Integrative Molecular Systems (CIMOS), Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8552, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murahashi
keywords: benzene; cluster compounds; coordination chemistry; palladium; sandwich complexes