The syntheses of the sandwich complexes ferrocene, (n5-C5H5)2-Fe, in 1951 and uranocene, (n8-C8H8)2U, in 1968 ushered in the modern eras of organotransition metal and organoactinide chemistry, respectively. Ferrocene and uranocene are examples of linear sandwich complexes, that is, those in which the (ring centroid)-M-(ring centroid) angle (denoted 0) is 180 degrees. In the case of (n5-C5H5)2M chemistry, a number of bent (0
Revised: November 25, 2003 |
Published: November 3, 1999
Citation
Li J., and B.E. Bursten. 1999.Bis(arene) Actinide Sandwich Complexes, (eta6-C6H3R3)2An: Linear or bent?.Journal of the American Chemical Society 121, no. 43:10243-10244.