Cyclopentadienyl anion

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Cyclopentadienyl anion

Names

IUPAC name

Cyclopentadienide

Identifiers

CAS Number

12127-83-2

3D model (JSmol)

Interactive image

ChemSpider

2731064

PubChem CID

3490527

CompTox Dashboard (EPA)

DTXSID601027108

InChI

InChI=1S/C5H5/c1-2-4-5-3-1/h1-5H/q-1
Key: SINKOGOPEQSHQD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1/C5H5/c1-2-4-5-3-1/h1-5H/q-1
Key: SINKOGOPEQSHQD-UHFFFAOYAD

SMILES

[cH-]1cccc1

Properties

[C
₅H
₅]⁻
or Cp⁻

65.09 g/mol

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Infobox references

In chemistry, the cyclopentadienyl anion or cyclopentadienide is an aromatic species with a formula of [C
₅H
₅]⁻
and abbreviated as Cp⁻.^[1] It is formed by the deprotonation of cyclopentadiene. The cyclopentadienyl anion is a ligand which binds to a metal in organometallic chemistry.^[2]

The first salt with this anion, potassium cyclopentadienide, was prepared by Johannes Thiele in 1901^[3] but there wasn't much interest in the topic until the discovery of ferrocene in the 1950s.

Resonance and aromaticity

Resonance structures of the cyclopentadienyl anion

The cyclopentadienyl anion is a planar, cyclic, regular-pentagonal ion; it has 6 π-electrons (4n + 2, where n = 1), which fulfills Hückel's rule of aromaticity. Each double bond and lone pair provides 2 π-electrons, which are delocalized into the ring.^[4]

Cyclopentadiene has a pKa of about 16. It is acidic relative to many carbon acids. The enhanced acidity is attributed to stabilization of the conjugate base, cyclopentadienyl anion.

Ligand

Cyclopentadienyl anions form a variety of cyclopentadienyl complexes.^[5]

References

^ "Cyclopentadienide". PubChem Compound Database. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
^ Smith, Michael B.; March, Jerry (2007), Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure (6th ed.), New York: Wiley-Interscience, p. 66, ISBN 978-0-471-72091-1
^ Johannes Thiele (January 1901). "Ueber Abkömmlinge des Cyclopentadiëns". Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft (in German). 34 (1): 68–71. doi:10.1002/CBER.19010340114. ISSN 0365-9496. Wikidata Q126217369.
^ Paul, Satadal; Goswami, Tamal; Misra, Anirban (2015-10-01). "Noncomparative scaling of aromaticity through electron itinerancy". AIP Advances. 5 (10): 107211. Bibcode:2015AIPA....5j7211P. doi:10.1063/1.4933191.
^ C. Elschenbroich (2006). Organometallics. VCH. ISBN 978-3-527-29390-2.

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