A weak, short metal-metal bond in a chromium(II) amidinate complex

Authors :: Sadique, Azwana R.
Heeg, Mary Jane
Winter, Charles H.
Shinohara, Hisanori
Reif, Bernd
Source :: Journal of the American Chemical Society. July 2, 2003, Vol. 125 Issue 26, p7774, 2 p.
Publication Year :: 2003
Abstract: The synthesis of monomeric and dimeric chromium complexes containing amidinate ligands of the formula [RNC(CH3)NR']- is described. Despite the presence of the short chromium-chromium bond, NMR spectra and solution weight experiments demonstrate that the dimeric complex dissociates to monomers in cyclohexane and benzene solutions.