The complete series of chloro- and bromo-cyclopentadienyl carbonyl complexes [(C5XnH5-n)Fe(CO)2R] (n=1–5, R=Me, Ph) could be prepared from the unsubstituted parent compounds via a sequence lithiations electrophilic halogenations. All four pentahaloyclopentadienyl were studied by X-ray diffraction show an interplay weak intermolecular X…X, X…O X…H interactions.

We present the structural and initial magnetic characterization of previously unreported materials NdPd5Ge3 NdPd5Ge3. These materials, with 1-dimensional Nd chains, crystallize in orthorhombic YNi5Si3-type structure space group Pnma. Magnetic ordering is observed for both compounds at ~ 2.2 K 3.0 NdPt5Ge3. A magnetic-field-induced transition clearly below 2K, an applied field around 1.6 Tesla. ...

We report on the superconductivity in ternary transition metal tellurides Ta2Pd3Te5 and Nb2Pd3Te5, which have a one-dimensional crystal structure. Single-crystalline polycrystalline samples of show nonmetallic electron conduction, while Ti or W doping results metallic behavior with bulk superconducting at 2–4 K. In contrast, are found to be isostructural Ta2Pd3Te5, 3.3 The structure physical pr...