Reactivity of lanthanoid aryloxide complexes: isolation of a 1,2-dimethoxyethane cleavage product

Deacon, Glen B., Junk, Peter C., and Moxey, Graeme J. (2008) Reactivity of lanthanoid aryloxide complexes: isolation of a 1,2-dimethoxyethane cleavage product. Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 634 (15). pp. 2789-2792.

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Abstract

[Yb(OAr)2(µ-OMe)(DME)]2 (1) (OAr = 2,6-di-iso-propylphenolate) was synthesised via a redox transmetallation ligand exchange reaction between ytterbium metal, diphenylmercury and 2,6-di-isopropylphenol in DME. The source of the methoxy groups is from cleavage of DME, and the C-O bond activation is unexpected given that the reaction was undertaken at ambient temperature. Each Yb3+ metal ion in 1 is six coordinate, and the coordination arrangement around each metal ion is distorted trigonal antiprismatic with Yb-O(OMe) bond lengths (2.191(2) and 2.258(2) Å) shorter than the Yb-O(aryloxide) bond distances (2.094(2) and 2.074(2) Å).

Item ID: 29633
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1521-3749
Keywords: ytterbium, aryloxide, C-O activation, crystal structure
Date Deposited: 02 Oct 2013 10:34
FoR Codes: 03 CHEMICAL SCIENCES > 0302 Inorganic Chemistry > 030202 f-Block Chemistry @ 100%
SEO Codes: 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970103 Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences @ 100%
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