H. Sitzmann et G. Wolmershauser, SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF HEXA(T ERT-BUTYL)BISMOCENIUM TETRACHLOROALUMINATE, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. B, A journal of chemical sciences, 52(3), 1997, pp. 398-400
On chloride abstraction from {1,2,4-tri(tert-butyl)cyclopentadienyl]bi
smul(III) (2) with aluminum trichloride the salt [{C5H2(CMe3)(3-)1,2,4
}(2)Bi](+) AlCl4- (1) has been obtained in good yield. The crystal str
ucture of 1 shows a bismocenium cation with nearly parallel eta(5)- cy
clopentadienyl rings (10.2 degrees inclination of the best planes) and
only a slight bending of the Cp-cent-Bi-Cp-cent axis (172.9 degrees).