Ligand field model for bent (C(2v))d1 metallocene complexes

Abstract

Ligand field calculations, excluding spin-orbit soupling, have been carried out for bent d1 metallocene complexes in C2v symmetry. The application of the results to the interpretation of the d-d electronic spectrum of the representative d1 complex vanadocene dichloride is discussed with particular reference to the relative energy of the five d orbitals.