Synthesis, characterization and structure of the Bis(methyl-cyclopentadienyl)vanadium(IV) carboxylates

Abstract

The 1,1\'-dimethylvanadocene dichloride ((C5H4CH3)(2)VCl2) reacts in aqueous solution with various carboxylic acids giving two different types of complexes.

Keywords

• bent metallocene
• 1,1'-dimethylvanadocene dichloride
• antitumor agent
• EPR spectroscopy
• X-ray diffraction analysis