Direct observation of eta 2-imine formation through beta-H abstraction between amide ligands. Neutron and X-ray diffraction structure of a dihydride imine ditantalum complex.
Reactions of Ta(NMe2)5 with D2SiR'Ph (R' = Me, Ph) were found to give a dideuteride eta 2-imine complex (Me2N)3Ta(mu-D)2(mu-N-eta 2-N,C-CH2NMe)Ta(NMe2)3(1-d2) through C-H activation of an amide ligand via beta-H abstraction, and the structure of 1 was confirmed by single crystal neutron and X-ray diffraction.
Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
Hu
H
Cai
Tianniu
T
Chen
Xiaoping
X
Wang
Arthur J
AJ
Schultz
Thomas F
TF
Koetzle
Ziling
Z
Xue