Issue 15, 2015

Synthesis, characterisation, and dehydrocoupling ability of zirconium complexes bearing hindered bis(amido)silyl ligands

Abstract

Herein we detail the synthesis and characterisation of a series of zirconium compounds featuring the bis(amido)silyl ligand [iPr2Si(NDipp)2]2− (Dipp = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl). The functionalisation of bis(amido)silyl zirconium halide complexes with a variety of nucleophiles, such as LiNMe2, LiBH4 and MeLi, was explored and the resulting products showed a propensity to form anionic zirconate salts when the syntheses were carried out in THF. One of the zirconate products, [iPr2Si(NDipp)2]Zr(NMe2)2·ClLi(THF)3, has the ability to catalyse the dehydrocoupling of primary and secondary amine-boranes at room temperature in aromatic solvents.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis, characterisation, and dehydrocoupling ability of zirconium complexes bearing hindered bis(amido)silyl ligands

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Jan 2015
Accepted
03 Mar 2015
First published
06 Mar 2015

Dalton Trans., 2015,44, 7009-7020

Synthesis, characterisation, and dehydrocoupling ability of zirconium complexes bearing hindered bis(amido)silyl ligands

P. A. Lummis, R. McDonald, M. J. Ferguson and E. Rivard, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 7009 DOI: 10.1039/C5DT00306G

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