Aryl-oxygen bond cleavage by a trihydride-bridging ditantalum complex.
We have described the synthesis of the cyclometalated trihydride ditantalum(V) complexes supported by the aryloxide tridentate ligand. According to variable-temperature NMR studies, these dimers could provide a masked form of Ta(IV)-Ta(IV) and/or Ta(III)-Ta(III). In addition, these complexes were found to undergo hydrodeoxygenation of the aryloxide ligand.
Kawaguchi
Hiroyuki
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Coordination Chemistry Laboratories, Institute for Molecular Science, Myodiaji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan. hkawa@ims.ac.jp
Matsuo
Tsukasa
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