On the usability of salt metathesis reactions for the synthesis of sterically crowded tris-formamidinate Ln() complexes: success and limits. Spontaneous reduction of Eu() to Eu()

• Published in: New journal of chemistry Vol. 46; no. 25; pp. 11994 - 121
• Main Authors: Bashirov, Denis A, Kolybalov, Dmitry S, Mironova, Olga A, Sukhikh, Taisiya S, Konchenko, Sergey N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 27.06.2022
• Subjects: Chemical synthesis; Decomposition reactions; Gadolinium; Metathesis; Reduction; Toluene

Homoleptic [Ln(FormDipp) 3 ] (FormDipp = CH(NDipp) 2 − (Dipp = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl), Ln = Nd, Eu) complexes bearing three bulky formamidinate ligands were successfully obtained using the salt metathesis approach, viz. the reaction of [Ln(FormDipp) 2 Cl(thf) n ] (Ln = Nd ( n = 2), Ln = Eu ( n = 1))...