Stepwise nucleophilic substitution of manganocene, syntheses and structures of the dimer [CpMn(hpp)]2 and the unusual manganate cage [LiMn(hpp)3]2 (hppH = 1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-2H-pyrimido[1, 2,a]pyrimidine)

Christine Brinkmann, Felipe García, James V. Morey, Mary McPartlin, Sanjay Singh, Andrew E.H. Wheatley, Dominic S. Wright

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Abstract

While the nucleophilic substitution reaction of manganocene [Cp 2Mn] with Li(hpp) (1: 1 equivalents) gives the neutral dimer [CpMn(hpp)]2 (1), further substitution of the Cp ligands leads to the unusual dimeric manganate cage compound [LiMn(hpp)3]2 (2), generated by the dimerisation of a simple tris-organomanganate monomer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1570-1572
Number of pages3
JournalDalton Transactions
Issue number16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

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