alkylalkoxycarbene complexes was rationalized by means of DFT calculations and high- resolution XRD analysis in terms of stabilizing non-covalent C–H⋯ CO interligand interactions.
The prevalence of a counterintuitive carbene conformation in a series of piano-stool Mn(I) alkylalkoxycarbene complexes was rationalized by means of DFT calculations and high-resolution XRD analysis in terms of stabilizing non-covalent C–H⋯CO interligand interactions.