First crystallographic structure determination of an oligothiophene metal π-complex

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Gerhard Grüner, Peter Bäuerle and Tony Debaerdemaeker


Abstract

A novel oligothiophene metal π-complex containing the, as yet, longest α-conjugated oligothiophene as ligand is described; characterisation by X-ray and other physicochemical methods clearly reveals the influence of the metal units upon the electronic and the geometric structure.


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