title: Beta-diketiminate C-H activation with heavier group 2 alkyls.
abstract: Well defined dialkyls of the heavier alkaline earth elements, [M{CH(SiMe(3))(2)}(2)(THF)(n)] [M = Ca, n = 2; M = Sr, n = 3; M = Ba, n = 3] react to form either the heteroleptic beta-diketiminato alkyl when M = Ca or unusual 'C-H activation' products in which a methyl group of the ligand is deprotonated when M = Sr or Ba.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, UK.
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Crimmin
authors.forename: Anthony G M
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Dugald J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: MacDougall
authors.forename: Mary F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Mahon
authors.forename: Panayiotis A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Procopiou
mesh_terms: D001464:Barium / Q000737:chemistry*; D002118:Calcium / Q000737:chemistry*; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D013324:Strontium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D056831:Coordination Complexes; D008024:Ligands; D001464:Barium; D002118:Calcium; D013324:Strontium