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The action of two equivalents of 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)-4-tert-butylcyc
lopentadienyllithium on FeCl2 led to the corresponding 1,1',2,2'-tetraphosp
hinoferrocene. The X-ray structure of this bulky ferrocene is described. Th
e spectroscopic results reveal a conformational chirality with a cisoid dis
position of the phosphino groups. The first results about the complexation
with representative elements of Group IX and X (Rh, Pd, Ir) are reported. (
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