A facile and new type of route to the redox-active
rigid-rod complex
[{Mn(dmpe)2(C
CH)}2(μ-C4
)][PF6] via Mn–C2˙ radical
couplingElectronic
supplementary information (ESI) available: detailed DFT calculation
outputs. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b1/b102396a/
Abstract
The binuclear rigid-rod complex
[{Mn(dmpe)2(CCH)}2(μ-C4
)][PF6] was spontaneously obtained from the reaction of
[Mn(dmpe)2(C
CSiMe3)2][PF6
] with one equivalent of TBAF.