Cheng, Lin2017-04-202017-04-201997Cheng, Lin (1997) Synthesis and solid-state reactions of substituted cyclopentadienyl complexes of rhenium, tungsten and molybdenum, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22417>http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22417A thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Johannesburg, October 1997.About one hundred diagonal and lateral isomers of mono- or di-substituted cyclopentadienyl four-legged piano stool transition metal complexes (n5-C5H3R2)ML4 (R1 = R2 = H, Alkyl; M = Re, W, Mo; L = CO, isonitrite, phosphite, phosphine, B i) were synthesized and fully characterized by elemental analysis, IR and NMR spectroscopy. [Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version]Online resource (xxix, 238 leaves)enThesis