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Pure Appl. Chem. 75(4), 483-494, 2003

Strategies in the cyclopentadienyl chemistry of p-block elements

P. Jutzi

University of Bielefeld, Department of Chemistry, Universitätsstr. 25,
D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany

Abstract: Synthetic strategies in the cyclopentadienyl (Cp) chemistry of the groups 13–15 elements, are based on the following phenomena: (1) low barriers for haptotropic and dyotropic shifts, for sigmatropic rearrangements, and for other types of Cp migration; (2) stabilization of elements in their low-oxidation state by p-complexation; (3) tuning of steric andelectronic effects by suitable ring substituents; and (4) easy homolytic and heterolytic cleavage of El-C(Cp) bonds. These strategies are applied to: (a) the formation of a Si₂Me₄ doubly bridged dicyclopentadienyl cobalt complex, (b) the chemistry of half-sandwich [Me₅C₅Ga] and sandwich [(Me₅C₅)₂Si] complexes, (c) the formation of P₆, (d) the deposition of Al, Ga, Si, Ge, and As from respective Cp-El precursor molecules, and (d) the “dynamic covalent chemistry” in ferrocenylgallium(III) compounds.

*Plenary lecture presented at the XXth International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC), Corfu, Greece, 7-12 July 2002. Other presentations are published in this issue, pp. 421-494.

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