Complete disassembly of carbon disulfide by a ditantalum complex.
The side-on end-on dinitrogen complex [PhP(CH(2)SiMe(2)NPh)(2)Ta](μ-H)(2)(μ-η(2):η(1)-N(2)) reacts with CS(2) with complete cleavage of both C=S double bonds and the formation of [PhP(CH(2)SiMe(2)NPh)(2)Ta](μ-S)(2)(μ-CH(2)), which has two bridging sulfides and a bridging methylene unit. Further reaction with H(2) produces CH(4) and the disulfide complex.
Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z1.
Joachim
J
Ballmann
Alyssa
A
Yeo
Bruce A
BA
MacKay
Sabine
S
van Rijt
Brian O
BO
Patrick
Michael D
MD
Fryzuk
D002246:Carbon Disulfide / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013635:Tantalum / Q000737:chemistry*
D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D013635:Tantalum; D002246:Carbon Disulfide