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Synthesis and Reactivity of a Silylalkyl Double Tuck‐in Uranium Metallocene [(η 5 :η 1 ‐C 5 Me 4 SiMe 2 CH 2 ) 2 U] and its Conversion to Bis(tethered) Metallocenes
Author(s) -
Evans William J.,
Siladke Nathan A.,
Ziller Joseph W.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200902428
Subject(s) - reactivity (psychology) , metallocene , uranium , double bond , metallacycle , isocyanide , chemistry , crystallography , materials science , x ray crystallography , stereochemistry , polymer chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , metallurgy , polymerization , alternative medicine , pathology , polymer , medicine , diffraction , optics
Tuck in! CH bond activation involving two methyl groups in [(C 5 Me 4 SiMe 3 ) 2 UMe 2 ] generates a double tuck‐in uranium metallocene that allows UC bond reactivity to be studied in a tethered environment as shown here with isocyanide to make a bis(tethered iminoacyl) complex (see scheme).