PREPARATION AND MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE OF THE UNCONVENTIONAL TANTALUM CHLORIDE COMPLEX [(ETA(5)-C9H7)(2)TACL2][TACL6]

Authors
JEFFERIS JM MORRIS RJ HUFFMAN JC
Citation
Jm. Jefferis et al., PREPARATION AND MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE OF THE UNCONVENTIONAL TANTALUM CHLORIDE COMPLEX [(ETA(5)-C9H7)(2)TACL2][TACL6], Inorganic chemistry, 36(15), 1997, pp. 3379
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Inorganic chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00201669
Volume
36
Issue
15
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-1669(1997)36:15<3379:PAMOTU>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The addition of 1-(Bu3Sn)C9H7 to a dichloromethane suspension of TaCl5 results in the red crystalline species [(eta(5)-C9H7)(2)TaCl2][TaCl6] . This unique compound represents a rare example of a Ta(V) indenylmet al halide. The isolation of a diindenyl salt complex is surprising, gi ven that all other similar cyclopentadienyl-based reactions result in molecular species of the stoichiometry (C5R5)TaX4 (R = H, alkyl; X = h alide).