Aluminum- an
d gallium-bri
dge
d [1]ferrocenop
hanes (
4a,
4b), [1]c
hromarenop
hanes (
5a,
5b), an
d[1]vana
darenop
hanes (
6a,
6b) were synt
hesize
d from t
he respective
dilit
hiate
d san
dwic
h compoun
ds wit
helement
dic
hlori
des (Me
2Ntsi)ECl
2 [E = Al, Ga; Me
2Ntsi = C(SiMe
3)
2(SiMe
2NMe
2)] in mo
derate to
hig
h isolate
d yiel
ds (54-97%). T
he new intramolecularly stabilize
d aluminum compoun
d (Me
2NCH
2tsi)AlCl
2 (
2a) was synt
hesize
d, but was proven to be unreactive wit
h respect to [Fe(LiC
5H
4)
2]·2/3TMEDA.T
he
diamagnetic species
2a,
4a,
4b,
5a, an
d 5b were c
haracterize
d by NMR spectroscopy (
1H,
13C,
27Al), CHN elemental analysis, an
d mass spectrometry, w
hereas t
he paramagnetic compoun
ds
6a an
d 6bwere c
haracterize
d by IR spectroscopy, CHN elemental analysis, an
d mass spectrometry. In a
ddition, t
hemolecular structures of compoun
ds
2a,
4a,
4b,
5a,
5b,
6a, an
d 6b were
determine
d by single-crystalX-ray analysis. All [1]cyclop
hanes are straine
d species, as reveale
d by t
he following tilt angles
hars/alp
ha.gif" BORDER=0> [
deg]:14.33(14) (
4a), 15.83(19) (
4b), 11.81(9) (
5a), 13.24(13) (
5b), 14.65(14) (
6a), an
d 15.63(14) (
6b).