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SUBMITTER: Olaru M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7003730 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Olaru Marian M Mischin Alexandra A Malaspina Lorraine A LA Mebs Stefan S Beckmann Jens J
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20191216 4
The bis(ferrocenyl)phosphenium ion, [Fc<sub>2</sub> P]<sup>+</sup> , reported by Cowley et al. (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1981, 103, 714-715), was the only claimed donor-free divalent phosphenium ion. Our examination of the molecular and electronic structure reveals that [Fc<sub>2</sub> P]<sup>+</sup> possesses significant intramolecular Fe⋅⋅⋅P contacts, which are predominantly electrostatic and moderate the Lewis acidity. Nonetheless, [Fc<sub>2</sub> P]<sup>+</sup> undergoes complex formation with the ...[more]