(Carbazol-9-ido-κN)di­chlorido­(η(5):η(1)-2,3,4,5-tetra­methyl­penta­fulvene)tantalum(V)

The reaction of (η(5):η(1)-2,3,4,5-tetra­methyl­penta­fulvene)tantalum(V) dicarbazolide chloride (1) with etheric HCl results in the formation of the title compound (2), [Ta(C(10)H(14))(C(12)H(8)N)Cl(2)]. The Ta(V) atom has a distorted tetra­hedral coordination environment in a three-legged piano-stool fashion. The conformation of the penta­fulvene exocyclic C atom to the three other ligands is staggered and not eclipsed, as found in the crystal structure of 1. Inter­molecular inter­actions include π–π stacking, H⋯π inter­actions and weak C—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds. [Image: see text]