The synthesis of the heterocubane cluster [{CpMn}4(μ3-P)4] as a tetrahedral shaped starting material for the formation of polymeric coordination compoundsParts of the presented results are already part of the doctoral thesis of S. Heinl, University of Regensburg (Regensburg, Germany), 2014.Dedicated to Professor Todd Marder on the occasion of his 60th birthday.Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Full crystallographic data, NMR spectra. CCDC 1404879-1404885. For ESI and crystall

• Main Authors: Heinl, Sebastian, Kiefer, Konrad, Balázs, Gábor, Wickleder, Claudia, Scheer, Manfred
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 18.08.2015
• ISSN: 1359-7345; 1364-548X
• DOI: 10.1039/c5cc04800a

Thermolysis of [CpMn(η 6 -cht)] with P 4 in 1,3-diisopropylbenzene leads to the formation of the heterocubane [Cp 4 Mn 4 P 4 ] ( 1 ) in high yields, as a rare example of 'naked' phosphorus containing complexes of manganese. Compound 1 is characterized and studied by DFT calculations and reflection measurements. 1D coordination polymers [{(CpMn) 4 (μ 3 -P) 4 }(CuX)] n (2-Cl: X = Cl; 2-Br: X = Br) are obtained in the reaction with CuX. Furthermore, it is shown that all four P atoms in 1 can be addressed for a coordination towards cymantrene resulting in [{(CpMn) 4 (μ 3 -P) 4 }{CpMn(CO) 2 } n ] ( 3a : n = 1; 3b : n = 2; 3c : n = 3; 3d : n = 4), and shows that 1 is a tetra-topic building block in coordination chemistry. Thermolysis of [CpMn(η 6 -cht)] with P 4 in 1,3-diisopropylbenzene leads to the formation of the heterocubane [Cp 4 Mn 4 P 4 ] ( 1 ) in high yields, as a rare example of 'naked' phosphorus containing complexes of manganese.