page_title: Fulvene
section_title: Ligand in organometallic chemistry
hierarchical_section_title: Fulvene / Ligand in organometallic chemistry
caption_attribution_description: English: two fulvene complexes
context_page_description: Fulvene is one of several hydrocarbons with the same formula as benzene, C₆H₆. The fulvenes are the class of molecules based on this simple hydrocarbon skeleton; the parent chemical, fulvene itself, is rarely encountered. Thiele is credited with discovering the scope of the reaction between cyclopentadiene and aldehydes and ketones that yields the brightly coloured fulvene derivatives. Most fulvenes are still prepared by this route, starting from cyclopentadiene or its sodium cyclopentadienyl anionic form. Modern synthesis of fulvenes now employ buffer systems, which result in much higher yields.
context_section_description: 2,3,4,5-Tetramethylfulvene, abbreviated Me₄Fv, is a relatively common ligand in organometallic chemistry.  It typically results from the deprotonation of cationic pentamethylcyclopentadienyl complexes. Some Me₄Fv complexes are called tuck-in complexes.
caption: η4- and η6-fulvene complexes
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