Gi. Nikonov et al., INSERTION OF CLPPH(2) INTO A TA-H BOND - SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURE OF THE FIRST PHOSPHIDO DERIVATIVE OF TANTALOCENE, Organometallics, 14(7), 1995, pp. 3588-3591
Ph2PCl easily inserts into the Ta-H bond of Cp(2)TaH(3) affording an i
onic complex [Cp(2)TaH(2)(HPPh(2))]Cl (4). This species was deprotonat
ed to give the first phosphido-substituted tantalocene complex Cp(2)Ta
H(2)PPh(2) (5), which was characterized by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray
crystallography. Thermal decomposition of 5 as well as its reaction wi
th HPPh(2) was studied.