η2-Cyclo-octatetraene: crystal and molecular structure of[Mn(CO)2(η2-C8H8)(η5-C5H5)]
Abstract
N.m.r. and X-ray diffraction studies have established that in [Mn(CO)2(η2-C8H8)(η5-C5H5)] there exists the first example of cyclo-octatetraene co-ordinated in an unequivocally η2-mode.