title: Tris(1-4-eta 4-anthracene)niobate(1-), the first polyaromatic hydrocarbon complex of niobium.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
authors.forename: William W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Brennessel
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: Sergey N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Roush
authors.forename: Brian R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Strandberg
authors.forename: Oliver E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Woisetschläger
authors.forename: Victor G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Young