A halide-free route to groups 12 and 13 organometallic and metalloorganic complexes

Andrew J. Edwards; Andrew Fallaize; Paul R. Raithby; Moira Ann Rennie; Alexander Steiner; Kerry L. Verhorevoort; Dominic S. Wright

doi:10.1039/dt9960000133

A halide-free route to groups 12 and 13 organometallic and metalloorganic complexes

Andrew J. Edwards, Andrew Fallaize, Paul R. Raithby, Moira Ann Rennie, Alexander Steiner, Kerry L. Verhorevoort, Dominic S. Wright

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Nucleophilic substitution of the bis(trimethylsilyl)amido groups of [M{N(SiMe₃)₂}₂] (M = Zn or Cd) and [In{N(SiMe₃)₂}₃] was found to be a halide-free and homogeneous approach to organometallic and metalloorganic complexes. The breadth of this new synthetic approach is illustrated by the formation of [Cd(SCPh₃)₂(tmen)] 1 (tmen = Me₂NCH₂CH₂NMe₂), [(PhC≡C)₄Zn{Li(tmen)}₂] 2 and [Li(thf)₄][In(C≡CPh)₄] 3 (thf = tetrahydrofuran) from nucleophilic substitution reactions utilising [M{N(SiMe₃)₂}₂] (M = Zn or Cd) and [In{N(SiMe₃)₂}₃], the outcome of which is dependent upon the Lewis bases and nucleophiles employed and the metal centres concerned. The crystal structures of complexes 1-3 have been determined.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	133-137
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/dt9960000133
Publication status	Published - 7 Jan 1996

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