Molecular orbital calculations on transition metal complexes

INDO SCF MO calculations are reported for the complexes (C₅H₅)M(C₇H₇) (M = Ti, V and Cr), and for the corresponding V and Cr cations. The results correctly predict¹ A ₁ ground states for the V⁺ and the neutral Ti and Cr species, and for the neutral V and Cr⁺ complexes confirm the² A ₁ ground levels. The formally metald-levels followed theH ^core sequencee ₂<a ₁<e ₁, and the most important interactions were those between the metale ₂ level and the ligand C₇H₇ -orbitals, and between the metale ₁ level and the ligand C₅H₅ -orbitals. Calculations also satisfactorily reproduced other experimental quantities, and the results indicate that thee ₂ ligand interaction becomes more important, and thee ₁ ligand interaction less important, with increasing size of the ligand ring.