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Remarkably Robust Group 4 Metal Half-Sandwich Complexes Containing Two Higher Alkyl Ligands:  X-ray Structure and Reactivity of the Di-n-butyl Complex [Hf(η5:η1:η1-C5Me4SiMe2NCH2CH2OMe)nBu2]

Thomas P. SpaniolJun OkudaFrancisco Amor

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chemistry.chemical_classificationStereochemistryChemistryOrganic ChemistryX-rayInorganic ChemistryMetalCrystallographyGroup (periodic table)visual_artvisual_art.visual_art_mediumReactivity (chemistry)Physical and Theoretical ChemistryAlkyl

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The reaction of LiR with M(η5:η1:η1-C5Me4SiMe2NCH2CH2OMe)Cl2 (1, M = Zr (a), Hf (b)) gives the isolable, thermally stable complexes M(η5:η1:η1-C5Me4SiMe2NCH2CH2OMe)R2 (R = Et (2), nPr (3), nBu(4)), which contain two alkyl ligands with β-hydrogen atoms.

https://doi.org/10.1021/om970446x