The Th
C double bond: an experimental and computational study of thorium poly-carbene complexes†
Abstract
The first thorium poly-carbene complexes [(Ph2PS)2C]2Th(DME) (2) and [{[(Ph2P
S)2C]3Th}Li2(DME)]n (3) have been prepared and structurally characterized. DFT calculations reveal that the Th
C bond is polarized toward the nucleophilic
C bond shows a nucleophilic behavior with Ph2CO.