Abstract:___Electron transfer is fundamental to chemical reactivity.[1] A prototype example in organometallic chemistry is the attack of an anionic metal center on a metal-metal bond,Such is not cleanly found, however, the outcome of this mechanistically complex transformation usually being controlled by thermodynamic factors through electron redistribution to eventually provide M-M + M' -.[2] We report the first direct observation of such equilibria for cyclopentadienyl (Cp) metals by NMR, mechanistic studies, and the… Show more
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