P. Berno et S. Gambarotta, REACTIVITY OF A 4-MEMBERED VANADACYCLE RING SUPPORTED BY BULKY SILAZANATE - REGIOSELECTIVE HYDROGENATION OF PYRIDINE, Organometallics, 13(7), 1994, pp. 2569-2571
The dinuclear {[(Me3Si)2N]V[mu-N(SiMe3)-Si(Me2CH2]}2 complex, containi
ng a four-membered metallacyclic ring, has been obtained via reaction
of VCl3(THF)3 with (Me3Si)2NLi. The reactivity of the metallacycle has
been investigated with respect to the coordination of bases, hydrogen
ation, and insertion of alkynes.