Synthesis and reductive chemistry of bimetallic and trimetallic rare-earth metallocene hydrides with (C5H4SiMe3)1 − ligands

Publication date: 1 November 2017 Source:Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Volumes 849–850 Author(s): Megan T. Dumas, Guo P. Chen, Jasper Y. Hu, Mitchell A. Nascimento, Jeremy M. Rawson, Joseph W. Ziller, Filipp Furche, William J. Evans The reductive chemistry of [Cp'2Ln(μ–H)(THF)x]y [Ln = Y, Dy, Tb; Cp' = (C5H4SiMe3)1−; x = 2, 0 and y = 2, 3] was examined to determine if these hydrides would be viable precursors for 4fn5d1 Ln2+ ions that could form 5d1-5d1 metal–metal bonded complexes. The hydrides were prepared by reaction of the chlorides, [Cp'2Ln(μ–Cl)]2, 1-Ln, with allylmagnesium chloride to form the allyl complexes, [Cp'2Y(η 3–C3H5)(THF)], 2-Ln, which were hydrogenolyzed. The solvent-free reaction of solid 2-Ln with 60 psi of H2 gas in a Fischer-Porter apparatus produced, in the Y case, the trimetallic species, [Cp'2Y(μ–H)]3, 3-Y, and in the Dy and Tb cases, the bimetallic complexes [Cp'2Ln(μ–H)(THF)]2, 4-Ln (Ln = Dy, Tb). The latter complexes could be converted to 3-Dy and 3-Tb by heating under vacuum. Isopiestic data indicate that 3-Y solvates to 4-Y in THF. Reductions of 4-Y, 4-Dy, and 4-Tb with KC8 in the presence of a chelate such as 2.2.2-cryptand or 18-crown-6 all gave reaction products with intense dark colors characteristic of Ln2+ ions. In the yttrium case, with either chelating agent, the dark green product gives a rhombic EPR spectrum (g1 = 2.01, g2 = 1.99, g3 = 1.98, A = 24.1 G) at 77 K. However, the only...

Source: Journal of Organometallic Chemistry - October 10, 2017 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research