Jkf. Buijink et al., ELECTRON-DEFICIENT VANADIUM ALKYL COMPLEXES - SYNTHESIS AND MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE OF THE VANADIUM(III) DINITROGEN COMPLEX [(ME3CCH2)3V]2(MU-N2), Organometallics, 12(6), 1993, pp. 2004-2005
The vanadium(III) dinitrogen-bridged complex [(Me3CCH2)3V]2(mu-N2) (1)
, obtained from reaction Of VCl3(THF)3 and Me3CCH2Li under nitrogen, i
s converted to the vanadium(V) oxo complex OV(CH2CMe3)3 (3) by reactio
n with styrene oxide. Both 1 and 3 decompose at ambient temperature to
give neopentane and species which are active in the ring-opening meta
thesis polymerization of norbornene.