The Kinetic Stability of Biscyclopentadienyl and Diarene Compounds of Transition Metals in the Thermal Decomposition Reaction

Literature data on the kinetic stability of mononuclear metallocene and diarene derivatives of transition metals are described systematically and discussed. A relation between the reactivity of the π-complexes in the thermal decomposition reaction and their structure (the nature of the central metal atom, the σ-substituent, and the π-ligand) has been discovered, surface effects and the role of the adsorption of organometallic compounds in pyrolysis are examined, and problems of macrokinetics are discussed.
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