Insertion of (t)BuNC into thorium-phosphorus and thorium-arsenic bonds: phosphaazaallene and arsaazaallene moieties in f element chemistry.
The reactivity of thorium-phosphido and thorium-arsenido bonds was probed using tert-butyl isocyanide, (t)BuNC. Reaction of (C5Me5)2Th[E(H)R]2, E = P, As; R = 2,4,6-(i)Pr3C6H2, 2,4,6-Me3C6H2 with (t)BuNC affords the first phosphaazaallene and arsaazaallene moieties with an f-element.
Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. walenskyj@missouri.edu.
Andrew C
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Behrle
Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. walenskyj@missouri.edu.
Justin R
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Walensky