Actinide-mediated coupling of 4-fluorobenzonitrile: synthesis of an eight-membered thorium(IV) tetraazametallacycle.
An eight-membered thorium(IV) tetraazamacrocycle is produced by the sequential, metal-mediated coupling of four equivalents of 4-fluorobenzonitrile; its formation is consistent with the involvement of an imido intermediate, generated from a thorium ketimide complex.
Schelter
Eric J
EJ
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.
Morris
David E
DE
Scott
Brian L
BL
Kiplinger
Jaqueline L
JL