Table 3. Calculated Mayer Bond Orders for FeCl2(Bisphosphine) Complexes.
| Mayer bond
orders |
||
|---|---|---|
| complex | Fe–P | Fe–Cl |
| FeCl2(SciOPP) | 0.707, 0.711 | 0.823, 0.854 |
| FeCl2(dpbz) | 0.706, 0.707 | 0.831, 0.852 |
| FeCl2(tBudppe) | 0.693, 0.680 | 0.864, 0.833 |
| FeCl2(Xantphos) | 0.670, 0.669 | 0.867, 0.854 |