View from the bridge: a pseudo-Jahn–Teller approach to transition metal hydrosilane complexes†
Abstract
The model complex [Cp(CO)2Mn(SiH4)] has been studied by time-dependent DFT methods: hence, it is shown to be unstable with respect to a pseudo-Jahn–Teller distortion which brings an equatorial Si–H moiety into contact with the Mn centre.