(μ5-Cyclo-penta-dien-yl)bis-(triphenyl-phosphane)cobalt(I) -toluene-n-hexane (1/0.20/0.25)

Abstract

The title compound, [Co(C5H5)(C18H15P)2]·0.2C7H8·0.25C6H14, was synthesized by the reaction of cobaltocene, Cp2Co, with elemental lithium in tetra-hydro-furan in the presence of two equivalents of PPh3. The mol-ecular structure displays a cobalt(I) center in a distorted trigonal-planar coordination environment, with one Cp and two phosphane ligands. There are two crystallographically independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit besides the disordered solvent molecules.