Sp. Gubin et al., CHIROPTICAL PROPERTIES OF HETEROTRIMETALLIC WING-TIP BUTTERFLIES - SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF (MU-H)RU2FE2PDC(CO)(12)(ETA(3)-BETA-C10H15), Inorganica Chimica Acta, 280(1-2), 1998, pp. 275-281
HRu2Fe2PdC(CO)(12)(eta(3)-beta-C10H15) cluster was prepared in the rea
ction of (Et4N)[HFe2Ru2C(CO)(12)] With [Pd(eta(3)-beta-C10H15)Cl](2) X
-ray structural study of HRu2Fe2PdC(CO)(12)(eta(3)-beta-C10H15) (where
beta-C10H15, is beta-pinenyl) revealed a wing-tip butterfly geometry
of the metal core and (1R, 2S, 3S, 5R) absolute configuration for both
crystallographically independent molecules in the crystal. Chiroptica
l properties of this cluster are compared with other clusters containi
ng a Pd(eta(3)-beta-C10H15) fragment and discussed. (C) 1998 Elsevier
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