U. Rosenthal et al., STRUCTURE, PROPERTIES, AND NMR SPECTROSCO PICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CP(2)ZR(PYRIDINE)(ME(3)SIC-CSIME(3)), Zeitschrift fur anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, 621(1), 1995, pp. 77-83
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25
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur anorganische und allgemeine Chemie
Displacement of the THF ligand in Cp(2)Zr(THF)(Me(3)SiC=CSiMe(3)) (1)
with pyridine yields Cp(2)Zr(eta(1)-NC5H5)(Me(3)SiC=CSiMe(3)) (3). Unl
ike 1, the complex 3 is stable in hydrocarbon solvents. According to t
he temperature dependent H-1 and C-13 NMR spectra, the structure of co
mplex 3 in solution is dynamic due to a rotation of the alkyne ligand.
In addition, when 3 is dissolved in pyridine an easy exchange between
coordinated and free molecules of pyridine takes place. In the solid
state complex 3 displays a tetrahedral coordination sphere at the zirc
onium center composed of Cp ligands, alkyne and pyridine as shown by a
n X-ray structure analysis. The complex 3 reacts readily with water an
d carbon dioxide giving the same products as in the case of 1.