Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1324239 | Journal of Organometallic Chemistry | 2010 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Studies on a series of Cp2Co2E2 derivatives (EÂ =Â S and PX; XÂ =Â H, Cl, OH, OMe, NH2, NMe2) predict butterfly structures with a Co-Co bond for the “body” to be the lowest energy structures in all cases. Such butterfly structures for Cp2Co2(PX)2 can either be symmetrical singlet diradicals with one X group and a single electron on each phosphorus, or unsymmetrical structures with both X groups on one phosphorus and a lone pair on the other phosphorus. Tetrahedrane and rhombus structures have significantly higher energies than any of the butterfly structures.
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Authors
Guoliang Li, Qian-Shu Li, Ioan Silaghi-Dumitrescu, R. Bruce King, Henry F. III,