Royal Society of Chemistry, Dalton Transactions, 6(45), p. 2390-2393
DOI: 10.1039/c5dt04528b
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[Th(Cp′′)3] (Cp′′ = {C5H3(SiMe3)2-1,3}) activates P4 to give [{Th(Cp′′)3}2(μ-η1:η1-P4)] (1), which has an unprecedented cyclo-P4 binding mode. DFT studies were performed on a model of 1 to probe the bonding in this system.