title: Synthesis and characterization of anionic rare-earth metal amides stabilized by phenoxy-amido ligands and their catalytic behavior for the polymerization of lactide.
abstract: A dianionic phenoxyamido ligand was the first to be used to stabilize organo-rare-earth metal amido complexes. Amine elimination reaction of Nd[N(TMS)(2)](3)(μ-Cl)Li(THF)(3) (TMS = SiMe(3)) with aminophenol [HNOH] {[HNOH] = N-p-methylphenyl(2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butyl)benzylamine} in a 1 : 1 molar-ratio gave the anionic phenoxyamido neodymium amide [NO](2)Nd[N(TMS)(2)][Li(THF)](2) (2) in a low isolated yield. A further study revealed that the stoichiometric reactions of Ln[N(TMS)(2)](3)(μ-Cl)Li(THF)(3) with the lithium aminophenoxy [HNOLi(THF)](2) (1) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) gave the anionic rare-earth metal amido complexes [NO](2)Ln[N(TMS)(2)][Li(THF)](2) [Ln = Nd (2), Sm (3), Yb (4), Y (5)] in high isolated yields. All of these complexes are fully characterized. X-Ray structure determination revealed that complex 1 has a solvated dimeric structure, and complexes 2-5 are isostructural, and have solvated monomeric structures. Each of the rare-earth metal ions is coordinated by two oxygen atoms and two nitrogen atoms from two phenoxyamido ligands and one nitrogen atom from the N(TMS)(2) group to form a distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometry. Each of the lithium atoms in complexes 2-5 is coordinated with one oxygen atom and one nitrogen atom from two different phenoxyamido groups, and one oxygen atom from one THF molecule to form a trigonal planar geometry. Furthermore, the catalytic behavior of complexes 2-5 for the ring-opening polymerization of l-lactide was explored.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Dushu Lake Campus, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Yingming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008024:Ligands; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth / Q000737:chemistry*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009354:Neodymium / Q000737:chemistry; D011091:Polyesters / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D008024:Ligands; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth; D011091:Polyesters; D009354:Neodymium; C033616:poly(lactide)