Tris(1-4-eta 4-anthracene)niobate(1-), the first polyaromatic hydrocarbon complex of niobium.
The first tris(arene)niobium complex, [Nb(1-4-eta 4-anthracene)3]-, has been obtained by the sodium or potassium anthracene reduction of NbCl4(THF)2, structurally characterized by X-ray analysis and shown to undergo facile anthracene displacement reactions in the presence of excess CO, PF3, 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene and P(OMe)3.
Brennessel
William W
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Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Ellis
John E
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Roush
Sergey N
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Strandberg
Brian R
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Woisetschläger
Oliver E
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Young
Victor G
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