Tris(1-4-eta 4-anthracene)niobate(1-), the first polyaromatic hydrocarbon complex of niobium

William W Brennessel; John E Ellis; Sergey N Roush; Brian R Strandberg; Oliver E Woisetschläger; Victor G Young Jr

doi:10.1039/b207062f

Tris(1-4-eta 4-anthracene)niobate(1-), the first polyaromatic hydrocarbon complex of niobium

Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Oct 21:(20):2356-7. doi: 10.1039/b207062f.

Authors

William W Brennessel¹, John E Ellis, Sergey N Roush, Brian R Strandberg, Oliver E Woisetschläger, Victor G Young Jr

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.

PMID: 12430438
DOI: 10.1039/b207062f

Abstract

The first tris(arene)niobium complex, [Nb(1-4-eta 4-anthracene)3]-, has been obtained by the sodium or potassium anthracene reduction of NbCl4(THF)2, structurally characterized by X-ray analysis and shown to undergo facile anthracene displacement reactions in the presence of excess CO, PF3, 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene and P(OMe)3.