Synthesis and characterization of Pd and Pt complexes of 1,3-bis(ferrocenylchalcogeno)propanes: crystal structures of FcSe(CH2)3SeFc and [M{FcE(CH2)3E'Fc}2](PF6)2 (M = Pd, Pt; E, E′ = Se, Te; Fc = [Fe(η5-C5H5)(η5-C5H4)])
Abstract
Reaction of a 1,3-bis(ferrocenylchalcogeno)propane, FcE(CH2)3E′Fc (L: E, E′ = Se or Te; Fc = [Fe(η5-C5H5)(η5-C5H4)]), with a palladium(II) or platinum(II) precursor [M(NCMe)4](PF6)2 (M = Pd or Pt) in