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Effects of pi-bonding on stability and reactivity in
Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|June 6, 2000
Abstract:
Recent synthetic and theoretical investigations of organometallic compounds containing the CpCr(NO) fragment have shown an interdependence of the electronic nature of ancillary ligands and the stability of a given Cr oxidation state. Understanding the correlation between ligand pi-bonding properties and the nature of the metal-based frontier orbitals permits the rationalization of observed reactivity patterns, and the identification and preparation of new classes of target molecules.