Plumbocene Explained
Plumbocene is an organometallic compound of lead with the chemical formula . It is a member of the class of metallocenes. It is soluble in benzene, acetone, ether, and petroleum ether, and insoluble in water. Plumbocene is stable in cold water.
Plumbocene is not commercially available. It may be synthesized by the reaction of sodium cyclopentadienide with a lead(II) source such as lead(II) nitrate[1] or lead(II) iodide.[2]
The decamethyl analog, (decamethylplumbocene), and the half-sandwich complexes, (lead(II) pentamethylcyclopentadienide tetrafluoroborate) and Cp*PbCl (lead(II) chloride pentamethylcyclopentadienide), are known as well.[3]
Notes and References
- Fischer . E. O. . Ernst Otto Fischer . Grubert . H. . Über Aromatenkomplexe von Metallen. IV. Di-cyclopentadienyl-blei . . 286 . 237 . 1956 . 10.1002/zaac.19562860507 . 5–6.
- Izod . Keith . McFarlane . William . Wills . Corinne . Clegg . William . Harrington . Ross W. . Agostic-Type...Pb Interactions Stabilize a Dialkylplumbylene. Structure of and Bonding in [{nPr<sub>2</sub>P(BH<sub>3</sub>)}(Me<sub>3</sub>Si)C(CH<sub>2</sub>)]2Pb . . 27 . 4386 . 2008 . 10.1021/om800598b.
- Jutzi . Peter . Dickbreder . Reiner . Nöth . Heinrich . Blei(II)-Verbindungen mit π-gebundenen Pentamethylcyclopentadienylliganden – Synthesen, Strukturen und Bindungsverhältnisse . Chemische Berichte . 122 . 865 . 1989 . 10.1002/cber.19891220512 . 5.
