Bis(pentalene)di-titanium: a bent double-sandwich complex with a very short Ti–Ti bond
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-08, 15:54authored byAlexander F R Kilpatrick, Jennifer C Green, Geoff Cloke, Nikolaos Tsoureas
The novel bimetallic bis(pentalene) complex Ti2(µ:?5,?5-Pn†)2 (Pn† = C8H4{SiiPr3-1,4}2) has been synthesised and structurally characterised. Structural data show a Ti–Ti distance of 2.399(2) Å, consistent with a strong metal–metal interaction, which DFT calculations best describe as a double bond with s and p components