A thermally robust di-n-butyl thorium complex with an unstable dimethyl analogue.
Methyl and n-butyl thorium complexes of a rigid 2,6-bis(anilidomethyl)pyridine ligand have been prepared; the n-butyl complex is thermally stable, even at 60 degrees C, while the methyl complexes exhibit a high tendency to eliminate methane via sigma-bond metathesis.
Cruz
Carlos A
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Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada.
Emslie
David J H
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Jenkins
Hilary A
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Britten
James F
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