Cerium masquerading as a group 4 element: synthesis, structure and computational characterisation of [CeCl(N(SiMe3)2)3]

O Eisenstein; P B Hitchcock; A G Hulkes; M F Lappert; L Maron

doi:10.1039/b103634n

Cerium masquerading as a group 4 element: synthesis, structure and computational characterisation of [CeCl(N(SiMe3)2)3]

Chem Commun (Camb). 2001 Sep 7:(17):1560-1. doi: 10.1039/b103634n.

Authors

O Eisenstein¹, P B Hitchcock, A G Hulkes, M F Lappert, L Maron

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Structure et de Dynamique des Systèmes Moléculaires et Solides (CNRS UMR 5636), CC 14, Université de Montepellier II, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France. [email protected]

PMID: 12240381
DOI: 10.1039/b103634n

Abstract

Oxidation of the three-coordinate cerium amide [Ce(N-(SiMe3)2)3] with TeCl4 in toluene solution yields purple, diamagnetic [CeCl(N(SiMe3)2)3], whose structure has been examined by X-ray crystallographic and computational methods.