The first observation of the [Cp3Mn]− anion; structures of hexagonal [(η2-Cp)3MnK·1.5thf] and ion-separated [(η2-Cp)3Mn]2[Mg(thf)6] ·2thfElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: experimental details and figure of the static disordering arising from superimposition of the two types of sheet of 1. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b1/b106366a/
Abstract
Hexagonal [(η2-Cp)3MnK·1.5thf] 1 and ion-separated [(η2-Cp)3Mn]2[Mg(thf)6] ·2thf 2 are obtained from reactions of CpK and Cp2Mg, respectively, with