Synthesis and structural investigation of tungsten imido amidinate and guanidinate complexes

Corey B Wilder; Laurel L Reitfort; Khalil A Abboud; Lisa McElwee-White

doi:10.1021/ic051497m

Synthesis and structural investigation of tungsten imido amidinate and guanidinate complexes

Inorg Chem. 2006 Jan 9;45(1):263-8. doi: 10.1021/ic051497m.

Authors

Corey B Wilder¹, Laurel L Reitfort, Khalil A Abboud, Lisa McElwee-White

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611-7200, USA.

PMID: 16390064
DOI: 10.1021/ic051497m

Abstract

The tungsten imido guanidinate and amidinate complexes W(NR)Cl(3)[R'NC(NMe(2))NR'] and W(NR)Cl(3)[R'NC(Me)NR'] (R = Ph, (i)Pr, Cy; R' = (i)Pr, (t)Bu, TMS) were synthesized by reacting the corresponding imido complex W(NR)Cl(4)(OEt(2)) with the appropriate lithium amidinate or guanidinate. Crystallographic structure determination of W(N(i)Pr)Cl(3)[(i)PrNC(NMe(2))N(i)Pr] and W(N(i)()Pr)Cl(3)[(i)PrNC(Me)N(i)Pr] allows comparison of structural features between the guanidinate and amidinate ligand in the presence of an identical ancillary ligand set.