“…This conclusion was based on the results of several crystallographic studies (Simonsen et al, 1985;Abboud et al, 1990;Christie et al, 1994;Pió rko et al, 1994Pió rko et al, , 1995. Recently, we reported that a double nucleophilic substitution reaction leading to the formation of (1,2,3,4,4a,10a-)-1-methylthian-threne FeCp hexafluoridophosphate gave rise to a mixture of both in-fold and out-of-fold isomers, as found in a crystallographic study of the reaction products (Hendsbee et al, 2009). The only previously reported out-of-fold thianthrene complex was obtained, along with its in-fold isomer, in a different reaction, a photolytic demetallation of a mixture containing cis-and trans-di( 5 -Cp)( 6 , 6 -thianthrene)(iron) 2 bis(hexafluoridophosphate)s, which were prepared in a ligandexchange reaction (see Abboud et al, 1990).…”