(C5Me5)/enolamido lutetium dinitrogen complex promoted by the deprotonation on amidinate ligand
Xiao Chen, Hanhua Xu, Zhenfeng Xi, Junnian Wei*
Chem. Commun., 2024. DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04338C.
Selective deprotonation of the amidinate ligand in lutetium dinitrogen complex [{Cp*{MeC(NiPr)2}Lu}2(μ2-η2:η2-N2)][K(crypt)] (Cp* = (C5Me5)−, crypt = 2,2,2-cryptand) afforded the novel Cp*/enolamido lutetium dinitrogen complex [{Cp*{H2C=C(NiPr)2}Lu}2(μ2-η2:η2-N2)K][K(crypt)]. Due to the skeleton tension, a further rearrangement was confirmed with the formation of [{Cp*K{H2C=C(NiPr)2}Cp*Lu}2(μ2-η2:η2-N2)][K(crypt)]2.
