Zs. Klemenkova et al., VIBRATIONAL-SPECTRA AND STRUCTURE OF ZIRCONIUM AND HAFNIUM CYCLOPENTADIENYL HYDRIDES, Russian chemical bulletin, 43(9), 1994, pp. 1516-1521
Raman and IR spectra (4000-50 cm(-1)) of solid cyclopentadienyl zircon
ium and hafnium hydrides Cp(2)MH(2), Cp(2)MD(2), Cp(2)Zr(H)X, and Cp(2
)Zr(D)X (Cp = eta(5)-C5H5; M = Zr, Hf; X = Cl, Br) have been studied.
The vibrational modes of MH groups, Cp-rings, and metal-ligand bonds a
re discussed and the band assignments are proposed. In the solid state
, these complexes form polymers with linear hydride bridges of the M-H
-M type. The force constants of the M-H and M-Cp bonds increase on goi
ng from Zr to Hf.