A facile and new type of route to the redox-active rigid-rod complex [{Mn(dmpe)2(CCH)}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(CCSiMe3)2][PF6 ] with one equivalent of TBAF.