Synthesis and X-ray crystal and molecular structure of tetrakis(2,2-dimethyl-1-phenylethenyl)chromium(IV), the first structurally-characterised homoleptic alkenyl compound of a transition metal

Cardin, C. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2556-9995, Cardin, D. J. and Roy, A. (1978) Synthesis and X-ray crystal and molecular structure of tetrakis(2,2-dimethyl-1-phenylethenyl)chromium(IV), the first structurally-characterised homoleptic alkenyl compound of a transition metal. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications (20). pp. 899-900. ISSN 0022-4936 doi: 10.1039/c39780000899

Abstract/Summary

The title compound, the first homoleptic Group 6A metal alkenyl, has been prepared from CrCl3·3(thf), and its properties, including X-ray crystal structure determination, are reported.