Mn2 bis(pentalene): a mixed-spin bimetallic with two extremes of bonding within the same molecule

Gabor Balazs; F. Geoffrey N. Cloke; Andrew Harrison; Peter B. Hitchcock; Jennifer Green; Owen T. Summerscales

doi:10.1039/B614765H

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Mn₂ bis(pentalene): a mixed-spin bimetallic with two extremes of bonding within the same molecule†

Gabor Balazs,^a F. Geoffrey N. Cloke,*^b Andrew Harrison,^c Peter B. Hitchcock,^b Jennifer Green*^a and Owen T. Summerscales^b

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^a Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK
E-mail: jennifer.green@chem.ox.ac.uk

^b The Department of Chemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
E-mail: f.g.cloke@sussex.ac.uk

^c School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Abstract

Structural, magnetic and theoretical studies show that the bimetallic pentalene complex, Mn₂(C₈H₄^{1,4-SiⁱPr₃})₂, contains both high and low spin Mn(II) in two very different sites.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B614765H
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 10 Oct 2006
Accepted: 09 Nov 2006
First published: 01 Dec 2006

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Chem. Commun., 2007, 873-875

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G. Balazs, F. G. N. Cloke, A. Harrison, P. B. Hitchcock, J. Green and O. T. Summerscales, Chem. Commun., 2007, 873 DOI: 10.1039/B614765H

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