A family of scandium and yttrium tris((trimethylsilyl)methyl) complexes with neutral N3 donor ligands

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/om050209r

The synthesis and reactivity scandium and yttrium tris((trimethylsilyl)methyl) complexes family with neutral N₃ donor ligands were studied. The effective synthetic routes to the first group 3 organometallic and coordination compounds containing the tris(pyrazolyl) methane and triazacyclohexane ligands were described. All manipulations were carried out under standard Schlenk line or drybox techniques under an atmosphere of argon or of dinitrogen. The stoitiometric and catalytic chemistry of cationic alkyl and related complexes derived from the new classes of compounds were also studied.