title: Synthesis and characterisation of two monomeric crystalline thallium(I) beta-diketiminates.
abstract: Treatment of the appropriate sodium beta-diketiminate NaL or NaL' with an equivalent portion of TlCl in thf under mild conditions furnishes in good yield the first structurally characterised thallium beta-diketiminates: the monomeric, orange, crystalline Tl(I) complexes TlL and TlL' [L = {N(SiMe3)C(Ph)}2CH, L' = {N(C6H3Pr(i)(2)-2,6)C(H)}2CPh].
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QJ, UK.
authors.forename: Yanxiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Hitchcock
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lappert
authors.forename: Meisu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhou