Concerning the molecular and electronic structure of a tungsten-tungsten quadruply bonded complex supported by two 6-carboethoxy-2-carboxylatoazulene ligands

Mikhail V Barybin; Malcolm H Chisholm; Nathan J Patmore; Randall E Robinson; Namrata Singh

doi:10.1039/b708746b

Concerning the molecular and electronic structure of a tungsten-tungsten quadruply bonded complex supported by two 6-carboethoxy-2-carboxylatoazulene ligands

Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 Sep 21:(35):3652-4. doi: 10.1039/b708746b. Epub 2007 Aug 7.

Authors

Mikhail V Barybin¹, Malcolm H Chisholm, Nathan J Patmore, Randall E Robinson, Namrata Singh

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, The University of Kansas, 1251 Wescoe Hall Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7582, USA.

PMID: 17728883
DOI: 10.1039/b708746b

Abstract

The preparation and molecular structure of a W2(4+)-quadruply bonded complex is reported wherein two mutually trans azulene-2-carboxylato ligands are shown to be strongly coupled by ligand pi-M2delta-ligand pi conjugation.