Crystal structure of 1,1',2,2',4,4'-hexa-iso-propyl-magnesocene

Nico Bachmann; Lisa Wirtz; Bernd Morgenstern; Carsten Müller; André Schäfer

doi:10.1107/S2056989022001189

Crystal structure of 1,1',2,2',4,4'-hexa-iso-propyl-magnesocene

Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun. 2022 Feb 3;78(Pt 3):287-290. doi: 10.1107/S2056989022001189. eCollection 2022 Feb 1.

Authors

Nico Bachmann¹, Lisa Wirtz¹, Bernd Morgenstern¹, Carsten Müller¹, André Schäfer¹

Affiliation

¹ Saarland University, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Campus Saarbrücken, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.

Abstract

The title compound, ³Cp₂Mg or [Mg(C₁₄H₂₃)₂], was synthesized from the cor-res-ponding triiso-propyl-cyclo-penta-diene by treatment with n-butyl-sec-butyl-magnesium. The structural characterization by single-crystal X-ray diffraction revealed that the compound crystallizes in the triclinic space group P with half a mol-ecule per asymmetric unit and a staggered arrangement of the cyclo-penta-dienide ligands.

Keywords: crystal structure; cyclopentadienide; magnesocene.

Grants and funding

This work was funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft grant SCHA1915/3-1.