title: Convenient access to the anhydrous thorium tetrachloride complexes ThCl(4)(DME)(2), ThCl(4)(1,4-dioxane)(2) and ThCl(4)(THF)(3.5) using commercially available and inexpensive starting materials.
abstract: Anhydrous thorium tetrachloride complexes ThCl(4)(DME)(2), ThCl(4)(1,4-dioxane)(2), and ThCl(4)(THF)(3.5) have been easily accessed from inexpensive, commercially available reagents under mild conditions and serve as excellent precursors to a variety of thorium(iv) halide, alkoxide, amide and organometallic compounds.
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA. thibault.cantat@cea.fr
authors.forename: Thibault
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cantat
authors.forename: Brian L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Jaqueline L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kiplinger