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Octakis(tert-butoxo)dicerium(IV) [Ce2(OtBu) 8]: Synthesis, characterization, decomposition, and reactivity
Schl?fer, Johannes,Tyrra, Wieland,Mathur, Sanjay
, p. 2751 - 2753 (2014)
An advanced synthesis for the homometallic derivative [Ce 2(OtBu)8] (1) starting from [Ce(O tBu)2{N(SiMe3)2}2] was developed. Structural characterization of a cerium(IV) complex and its decomposition products confirmed the coexistence of both ether elimination and Ce-O bond cleavage processes, which lead to the formation of [Ce 3O(OtBu)10] and [Ce3(O tBu)11] (2) derivatives, respectively. Variable-temperature NMR spectroscopy under strict exclusion of moisture enabled insight into the decomposition processes in noncoordinating solvents and at elevated temperature. In addition, structural analysis of the heterovalent 2 and of two new complexes of the general formula [Ce2(O tBu)8(L)] [L = HOtBu (3), OCPh2 (4)] is described.
