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Synthesis and reactivity of mono(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) tetraphenylborate lanthanide complexes of ytterbium and samarium: Tris(ring) precursors to (C5Me5)Ln moieties
Evans, William J.,Champagne, Timothy M.,Ziller, Joseph W.
, p. 1204 - 1211 (2008/10/09)
The synthesis of unsolvated (C5Me5)Ln(BPh 4) complexes (Ln = Sm, Yb) has been investigated to determine if the productive chemistry of the metallocene tetraphenylborate complexes, (C 5Me5)2Ln(μ-Ph)2BPh2, can be expanded to mono(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) systems. Precursors (C 5Me5)2Yb, 1, and (C5Me 5)2Sm, 2, were both prepared by desolvation of (C 5Me5)2Ln(THF)2 under high vacuum in near quantitative yields. Compounds 1 and 2 react with [Et3NH] [BPh4] to form divalent (C5Me5)Ln(μ- η6:η1Ph)2BPh2 (3, Yb; 4, Sm) complexes in which two of the phenyl rings of the tetraphenylborate counteranion coordinate η6 to the lanthanide to generate a three-ring coordination geometry involving cyclopentadienyl and arene coordination. In contrast to the expected trigonal plane defined by the three-ring centroids in 3, the structure of 4 is pyramidal with Sm 0.41 A out of the plane of the three-ring centroids. Complex 3 reacts with THF to make the polysolvated complex, [(C5Me5)Yb(THF) 4][BPh4], 5, which can also be obtained from (C 5Me5)2Yb(THF)2 and [Et 3NH][BPh4]. With 4, a monosolvated complex, (C 5Me5)Sm[(μ-η6:η1-Ph) (μ-η2:η1-Ph)BPh2](THF), 6, can be isolated that retains rf coordination by one aryl ring and displays η2 coordination with the other aryl ring. Reaction of phenazine with 3 and 4 is accompanied by ligand redistribution to form the trivalent bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) products, [(C5Me5) 2Ln]2-[μ-η3:η3-C12H 8N2], (Yb, 7; Sm, 8). Reduction of azobenzene by 4 generates a mono(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)tetraphenylborate complex, (C 5Me5)Sm[(μ-η6:η1-Ph) BPh3](N2Ph2), 9, that contains an η6 coordinated phenyl ring and an azobenzene radical anion.
