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Cover Picture: A Phosphorus Analogue of Bis(η4‐cyclobutadiene)iron(0) (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 17/2009) |
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| Authors: | Robert Wolf Dr J Chris Slootweg Dr Andreas W Ehlers Dr František Hartl Dr Bas de Bruin Dr Martin Lutz Dr Anthony L Spek Prof Dr Koop Lammertsma Prof Dr |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Fax: (+31)?20‐598‐7488;2. Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstrasse 30, 48149 Münster (Germany);3. Homogeneous and Supramolecular Catalysis, Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV Amsterdam (The Netherlands);4. Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Crystal and Structural Chemistry, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht (The Netherlands) |
| Abstract: | A rare phosphorus analogue of the elusive complex bis(η4‐cyclobutadiene)iron(0) is reported by K. Lammertsma et al. in their Communication on page 3104 ff. The background of the cover picture shows John Montagu (1718–1792), 4th Earl of Sandwich and 1st Lord of the Admiralty, who certainly would not have dreamt that an important class of organometallic compounds, sandwich complexes, would bear his name one day. The synthesis of Fe(P2C2tBu2)2] shows that sandwich complexes are still topical objects of research.  |
| Keywords: | cyclobutadiene ligands density functional calculations iron phosphorus sandwich complexes |