Cover Feature: Donor‐Stabilized Monocarba‐Bridged Bis(cyclopentadienyl)alanes (ChemistryOpen 11/2020)

Abstract

The Cover Feature shows a donor‐stabilized monocarba‐bridged bis(cyclopentadienyl)alane. Several examples of these compounds were synthesized, and characterized in solution and in the solid state. They are structurally related to metallocenophanes, but were found to possess a butterfly‐type structure in the solid state with η1 bonded cyclopentadienyl groups. More information can be found in the Full Paper by Wasim Heider et al.