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DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-32572
Oligocyclopentadienyl Transition Metal Complexes
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Publication Date:
07 February 2007 (online)

Abstract
Synthesis, characterization, and reactivity studies of oligocyclopentadienyl transition metal complexes, namely those of fulvalene, tercyclopentadienyl, quatercyclopentadienyl, and pentacyclopentadienyl(cyclopentadienyl) are the subject of this account. Thermal-, photo-, and redox chemistries of homo- and heteropolynuclear complexes are described.
1 Introduction
2 Fulvalene Complexes
2.1 Homodinuclear Fulvalene Metal Carbonyls
2.1.1 Synthesis and Structural Characterization
2.1.2 Reactivity
2.1.3 Conclusions
2.2 Heterodinuclear Fulvalene Metal Complexes
2.2.1 Synthesis
2.2.2 Reactivity
2.2.3 Conclusions
3 Tercyclopentadienyl Metal Complexes
3.1 Synthesis and Structural Characterization
3.2 Reactivity
3.2.1 Anionic Charge Transfer
3.2.2 Radical Electron Transfer
3.2.3 Methyl Transfer
3.2.4 Some Tantalizing Photochemical Experiments
3.2.5 Conclusions
4 Quatercyclopentadienyl Metal Complexes
5 	Penta(cyclopentadienyl)cyclopentadienyl Metal
Complexes
5.1 Synthesis and Structural Characterization
5.2 Reactivity
5.3 Conclusions
6 Outlook
Key words
fulvalene - heterodinuclear fulvalene - tercyclopentadienyl - quatercyclopentadienyl - pentacyclopentadienyl
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