Novel µ-methyl complexes of vanadium and their relevance to bimolecular deactivation of homogeneous imidovanadium polymerisation catalysts

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Michael C. W. Chan, Vernon C. Gibson, Jacqueline M. Cole and Judith A. K. Howard


Abstract

Attempted dimethylation of [CpV(NC6H3Pri2-2,6)]Cl2 using Grignard reagents affords novel µ-methyl complexes arising by reductive dimerisation; the structure of one of these products, [CpV(NC6H3Pri2-2,6)(µ-Me)2]2(µ-Mg) 2, reveals V–(µ-Me)–Mg, V–Mg, N–Mg and C–H···Mg interactions.


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