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Upstream product

• 109-99-9 tetrahydrofuran 
• 359442-52-7 Y(CH₂SiMe₃)₃(THF)₂ 

Downstream Products

• 1038922-43-8 meso-bis(1-methyl-2-phenyl-1,2-azaborolyl)(tetrahydrofuran)(trimethylsilylmethyl)yttrium 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Homogeneous Ethylene-Polymerization Catalysts Based on Alkyl Cations of the Rare-Earth Metals: Are Dicationic Mono(alkyl) Complexes the Active Species?

Easily accessible, the tris(alkyl) complexes of rare-earth elements [Ln(CH2SiMe3)3(thf)2] are activated by [NMe2HPh] [B(C6F5)4] in the presence of AliBu3 to

Cationic rare-earth metal trimethylsilylmethyl complexes supported by THF and 12-crown-4 ligands: Synthesis and structural characterization

To expand the limited range of rare-earth metal cationic alkyl complexes known, a series of mono- and dicationic trimethylsilylmethyl complexes supported by THF and 12-crown-4 ligands with [BPh4]-, [BPh 3(CH2SiMe3)]-, [B(C 6F5)4]-, [B(C6F 5)3(CH2SiMe3)]-, and [Al(CH2SiMe3)4]- anions were prepared from corresponding neutral precursors [Ln(CH2SiMe 3)3Ln] (Ln = Sc, Y, Lu; L = THF, n = 2 or 3; L = 12-crown-4, n = 1) as solvent-separated ion pairs. The syntheses of the monocationic derivatives [Ln(CH2SiMe3)2(12- crown-4)n(THF)m]+[A]- are all high yielding and proceed rapidly in THF solution at room temperature. A one pot procedure using the neutral species directly for the syntheses of a number of lutetium and yttrium dicationic derivatives [Ln(CH 2SiMe3)(12-crown-4)n(THF)m] 2+[A]-2 with a variety of different anions, a class of compounds previously limited to just a few examples, is presented. When BPh3 is used to generate the ion triple, the presence of 12-crown-4 is required for complete conversion. Addition of a second equiv of 12-crown-4 and a third equiv of [NMe2PhH]+[B(C6F 5)4]- abstracts a third alkyl group from [Ln(CH2SiMe3)(12-crown-4)2(THF) x]2+[B(C6F5)4] -2 (Ln = Y, Lu). X-ray crystallography and variable-temperature (VT) NMR spectroscopy reveal a structural diversity within the known series of neutral 12-crown-4 supported tris-(trimethylsilylmethyl) complexes [Ln(CH2SiMe3)3(12-crown-4)] (Ln = Sc, Y, Sm, Gd-Lu) in the solid and solution states. The X-ray structure of [Sc(CH2SiMe3)3(12-crown-4)] exhibits incomplete 12-crown-4 coordination. VT NMR spectroscopy indicates fluxional 12-crown-4 coordination on the NMR time scale. X-ray crystallography of only the second structurally characterized dicationic rare-earth metal alkyl complex [Y(CH 2SiMe3)(12-crown-4)(THF)3] 2+[BPh4]-2 shows exocyclic 12-crown-4 coordination at the 8-coordinate metal center with well separated counteranions. 11B and 19F NMR spectroscopy of all mono- and dicationic rare-earth metal complexes reported demonstrate that the anions are symmetrical and noncoordinating on the NMR time scale. A series of trends within the 1H and 13C{1H} NMR resonances arising from the Ln-CH2 groups and, in the case of yttrium, the 1JYC coupling constants at the Y-CH2 group and the 89Y chemical shift values are discussed.