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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 48, Issue 23, Pages 11259-11264Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ic9017536
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
- BMBF
- Dr. Otto Rohm Gedachtnisstiftung
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Reaction of the diprotic ligand [Xanthdim]H-2 (a ligand system where two adjacent beta-dialdimine units are linked by a xanthyl backbone) with 2 equiv of potassium hydride or benzylcesium gave access to bimetallic alkali metal complexes. These complexes were structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction, which showed that the beta-diiminato units are orientated in a W-conformation. Treatment with 2 equiv of Mg[N(SiMe3)(2)](2)(THF)(2) led to the formation of the heteroleptic complex [Xanthdim][MgN(SiMe3)(2)(THF)](2), that crystallized as a highly strained monomer, The heteroleptic Mg complex is remarkably stable against ligand exchange but is not active in CO2/cyclohexene oxide copolymerization. Reaction with Ca[N(SiMe3)(2)](2)(THF)(2) gave the homoleptic complex [Xanthdim][Ca(THF)]. Both alkaline-earth metal complexes display considerable distortions in their solid state structure.
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