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In organometallic chemistry, a sandwich compound is a chemical compound featuring a metal bound by haptic covalent bonds to two arene ligands. The arenes have the formula CnHn, substituted derivatives (for example Cn(CH3)n) and heterocyclic derivatives (for example BCnHn+1). Because the metal is usually situated between the two rings, it is said to be "sandwiched." A special class of sandwich complexes are the metallocenes. The term ''sandwich compound'' was introduced in organometallic nomenclature in during the mid-1950s in a report by J.D. Dunitz, L.E. Orgel and R.A. Rich, who confirmed the structure of ferrocene by X-ray crystallography. The correct structure had been proposed several years previously by Robert Burns Woodward and, separately, by Ernst Otto Fischer. The structure helped explain puzzles about ferrocene's conformers, the molecule features an iron atom ''sandwiched'' between two parallel cyclopentadienyl rings. This result further demonstrated the power of X-ray crystallography and accelerated the growth of organometallic chemistry. ==Classes of sandwich compounds== The best known members are the metallocenes of the formula M(C5H5)2 where M = Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Pb, Zr, Ru, Rh, Sm, Ti, V, Mo, W, Zn. These species are also called bis(cyclopentadienyl)metal complexes. Other arenes can serve as ligands as well. *Mixed cyclopentadienyl complexes: M(C5H5)(CnHn). some examples are Ti(C5H5)(C7H7) and (C60)Fe(C5H5Ph5) where the fullerene ligand is acting as a cyclopentadienyl analaogue. *Bis(benzene) complexes: M(C6H6)2, the best known example being Bis(benzene)chromium. *Bis(cyclooctatetraenyl) complexes: M(C8H8)2, such as U(C8H8)2 and Th(C8H8)2. *Bis(cyclobutadienyl) complexes: M(C4H4)2, such as Fe(C4H4)2. Sandwich complexes are even known containing purely inorganic ligands, such as Fe(C5Me5)(P5) and ()2−. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sandwich compound」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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