Adventures in Vanadocene Chemistry

✍ Scribed by Robert Choukroun; Christian Lorber

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 192 KB
• Volume: 2005
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-1948
• DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200500371

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This review surveys some aspects of the chemistry of [VCp~2~]. The high potential of vanadocene [VCp~2~] (and [V(CO)Cp~2~]) in organometallic chemistry is illustrated by new organometallic architectures. The rich redox chemistry of [VCp~2~] is shown by incorporation of this fragment into various C≡C and C≡N bonds. This molecular approach allows the connection of two (or more) paramagnetic centers through an organic linker in order to build magnetic nanoscopic organometallic wires. [VCp~2~] has also been studied in the field of materials such as vanadium carbide (VC) ceramics and in its role as a reducing agent toward elements of groups 8–10 to prepare Fe, Rh, and Pd colloids. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2005)