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A Rare Tetranuclear Thorium(IV) μ 4 ‐Oxo Cluster and Dinuclear Thorium(IV) Complex Assembled by Carbon–Oxygen Bond Activation of 1,2‐Dimethoxyethane (DME)
Author(s) -
Travia Nicholas E.,
Scott Brian L.,
Kiplinger Jaqueline L.
Publication year - 2014
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.201404551
Subject(s) - dimethoxyethane , thorium , chemistry , iodide , cluster (spacecraft) , crystal structure , iodine , bond length , crystallography , medicinal chemistry , inorganic chemistry , uranium , materials science , organic chemistry , electrode , computer science , electrolyte , metallurgy , programming language
Abstract The synthesis and X‐ray crystal structure of two new multinuclear thorium complexes are reported. The tetranuclear μ 4 ‐oxo cluster complex Th 4 (μ 4 ‐O)(μ‐Cl) 2 I 6 [κ 2 ( O,O’ )‐μ‐O(CH 2 ) 2 OCH 3 ] 6 and the dinuclear complex Th 2 I 5 [κ 2 ( O,O’ )‐μ‐O(CH 2 ) 2 OCH 3 ] 3 (DME) (DME=dimethoxyethane) are formed by CO bond activation of 1,2‐dimethoxyethane (DME) mediated by thorium iodide complexes.