“…(tj1-C5Cl5)(CO)sMn is composed of discrete molecules in which the manganese atom achieves a filled valence shell configuration by bonding octahedrally to five carbonyl groups and a -bonded pentachlorocyclopentadienyl ligand (Figure 1). The C5C16~group is bonded to the manganese atom through a single carbon atom at a distance of 2.204 (6) A and possesses the normal characteristics of a -bonded cyclopentadienyl group, namely two short, 1.351 (8,6,6)9 A, and three long, 1.487 (8, 12, 13) A, carbon-carbon bonds. The four carbon atoms of the cyclopentadienyl ring involved in the two double bonds are bonded to chlorine atoms at an average distance of 1.693 (6, 4, 5) A, while the fifth carbon atom is bonded to a chlorine atom at a distance of 1.798 (6) A-observations also consistent with a -bonded cyclopentadienyl ring.…”