Synthesis and structural characterisation of a novel paramagnetic trigonal bipyramidal cluster, (η5-C5H5)5 V5 O6
Abstract
The reaction of N2O with (η5-C5H5)2V gives (η5-C5H5)5 V5O6, whose structure, determined by X-ray crystallography, shows a trigonal bipyramid of five V atoms, each capped by a (η5-C5H5) ring, with oxygen atoms bridging each of the six faces of the trigonal bipyramid.