Pl. Arnold et al., THE FIRST STABLE SCANDOCENE - SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF T-BUTYL-1,3-DIPHOSPHACYCLOPENTADIENYL)SCANDIUM(II), Chemical communications, (7), 1998, pp. 797-798
The first isolable example of a molecular scandium(II) complex, the da
rk purple scandocene [Sc(eta(5)-P2C3Bu3t)] 1, has been isolated from t
he cocondensation of scandium vapour with tert-butylphosphaalkyne, (Bu
CP)-C-t at 77 K.