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Whereas in the chemistry of acetylene complexes of iron, compound 1 containing a C 2 Fe 2 tetrahedrane framework and a Fe À Fe double bond was prepared and crystallographically characterized already in 1976, [1] for the iso(valence)electronic and isolobal (HC 23 P, HCCH : PP : ) diphosphadiferratetrahedranes only the complex 2 with a FeÀFe single bond and additional P-coordination is known. [2] Diphosphadimetallatetrahedranes of the type [{L n M} 2 -(m-h 2 :h 2 -P 2 )] (L n M 15 valence-electron(VE) fragment) [3] synthesized to date all display M À M single bonds, and with six skeleton electron pairs (SEPs) for the tetrahedral M 2 P 2 framework are considered as nido clusters. According to theoretical investigations a decrease (5 SEPs) as well as an increase (7 SEPs) in the number of electrons in the skeleton lead to changes of the M 2 P 2 framework.