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Thorium complexes possessing expanded ring N-heterocyclic iminato ligands: Synthesis and applications
Ghatak, Tapas,Drucker, Shani,Fridman, Natalia,Eisen, Moris S.
supporting information, p. 12005 - 12009 (2017/09/25)
Six and seven membered N-heterocyclic iminato ligands (L) are introduced allowing access a new class of Th(iv) complexes of the type Cp?2Th(L)(CH3). These complexes were studied in the Tishchenko reaction. Stoichiometric reactions together with kinetic and thermodynamic studies permit us to propose a plausible mechanism.
Mixed Imidazolin-2-iminato-Cp? Thorium(IV) Complexes: Synthesis and Reactivity Toward Oxygen-Containing Substrates
Karmel, Isabell S. R.,Fridman, Natalia,Tamm, Matthias,Eisen, Moris S.
supporting information, p. 2933 - 2942 (2015/06/30)
The mixed pentamethylcyclopentadienyl thorium(IV) imidazolin-2-iminato complexes Cp?2Th(ImDippN)(Me) (2) and Cp?2Th(ImMesN)(Me) (3) were synthesized in quantitative yields via rapid protonolysis of Cp?2Th(Me)2 (1) with the respective neutral imidazolin-2-iminato ligand ImRNH. Cp?2Th(ImDippN)(Me) (2) and Cp?2Th(ImMesN)(Me) (3) display short Th-N bond lengths and large Th-N-C angles. The reactivity of complex 2 and 3 toward oxygen-containing substrates was studied, and the catalytic activity of 2 was compared to the dimethyl (bispentamethyl-cyclopentadienyl) thorium complex 1. Complex 2 was applied in the catalytic Tishchenko reaction with aromatic, heteroaromatic, and branched aliphatic aldehydes, displaying a higher catalytic activity than Cp?2Th(Me)2 and Cp?2Th(ImMesN)(Me). Furthermore, 2 was applied as a catalyst in the crossed Tishchenko reaction and in the oligomerization of bis(aldehydes), as well as in the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone. In all reactions, the activity of Cp?2Th(ImDippN)(Me) (2) and Cp?2Th(ImMesN)(Me) (3) was higher than that observed for Cp?2Th(Me)2 (1), which can be attributed to the increased electron density introduced by the coordination of the imidazolin-2-iminato ligand. (Chemical Equation Presented).
