Dj. Peitz et al., PREPARATION AND STRUCTURE OF (MU-PHENANTHRENE)BIS(TRICARBONYLCHROMIUM) AND (MU-PYRENE)BIS(TRICARBONYLCHROMIUM), Organometallics, 12(11), 1993, pp. 4580-4584
The preparations of the bis(tricarbonylchromium) complexes of phenanth
rene and pyrene are reported. These materials were characterized by sp
ectroscopic means, including both their solution and solid CP/MAS NMR
spectra. The X-ray crystal structure showed both complexes to have the
anticipated anti orientation of the tricarbonylchromium moieties. In
the phenanthrene complex, the rotomer conformations for the two tricar
bonylchromium groups are different, whereas the pyrene complex has a c
enter of inversion.