title: Carbon-nitrogen bond cleavage in pyridine ring systems mediated by organometallic thorium(IV) complexes.
abstract: Thorium(IV) alkyl and aryl complexes of the type (C(5)Me(5))(2)ThR(2)(R = CH(2)Ph, Ph) have been found to mediate the facile ring-opening and dearomatization of the pyridine ring of pyridine N-oxide under ambient conditions to afford the first thorium eta(2)-(O,N)-oximate complexes.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.
authors.forename: Jaime A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pool
authors.forename: Brian L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Jaqueline L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kiplinger
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013910:Thorium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011725:Pyridines; D013910:Thorium; D002244:Carbon; D009584:Nitrogen