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Pentabenzyltantalum: Straightforward synthesis, x-ray structure, and application in the synthesis of [O2N]TaBn3-type and [O3N]TaBn2-type complexes
Groysman, Stanislav,Goldberg, Israel,Kol, Moshe,Goldschmidt, Zeev
, p. 3793 - 3795 (2003)
The direct reaction between tantalum pentachloride and benzylmagnesium chloride leads to pentabenzyltantalum, previously prepared by a two-step synthesis. The X-ray structure of pentabenzyltantalum reveals a square-pyramidal geometry. Pentabenzyltantalum was found to be an efficient starting material for the preparation of amine-phenolate complexes via toluene elimination reactions. Thus, its reactions with amine bis(phenolate) and amine tris(phenolate) ligand precursors gave the tribenzyltantalum and dibenzyltantalum complexes, respectively, in quantitative yields.
