[5]Trovacenol, (η7-C7H7)V(η5-C5H4OH):  Synthesis and Structural Characterization

Authors: Christoph Elschenbroich, Feng Lu, Klaus Harms

Publication date: 2002/11/25

Source: Organometallics

Volume 21, Issue 24, Pages 5152-5154

Publisher: American Chemical Society

Abstract

[5]Trovacenol (4•) prepared according to the sequence (C7H7)V(C5H5) (1•)→ (C7H7)V(C5H4OSiMe3) (5•) → (C7H7)V(C5H4OH) (4•) in the crystal adopts a sheet structure. The sheets consist of parallel chains of hydrogen bonds, graph set C(4), to which the [5]trovacenyl groups are connected, forming double layers. Packing of the trovacene units on both sides of the (···O−H···O−H···)n spines displays a herringbone pattern. In this way O−H···O as well as (C7H7)H···π(C5H5) hydrogen bonding is optimized. This study represents the first full structural characterization of a metallocenol.

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