Protonation of a lanthanum phosphide-alkyl occurs at the P-La not the C-La bond: isolation of a cationic lanthanum alkyl complex

Keith Izod; Stephen T Liddle; William Clegg

doi:10.1039/b404188g

Protonation of a lanthanum phosphide-alkyl occurs at the P-La not the C-La bond: isolation of a cationic lanthanum alkyl complex

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Aug 7:(15):1748-9. doi: 10.1039/b404188g. Epub 2004 Jun 24.

Authors

Keith Izod¹, Stephen T Liddle, William Clegg

Affiliation

¹ Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, University of Newcastle, Bedson Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK. k.j.izod@ncl.ac.uk

PMID: 15278167
DOI: 10.1039/b404188g

Abstract

Protonation of the heteroleptic, cyclometalated lanthanum phosphide complex [((Me3Si)2CH)(C6H4-2-CH2NMe2)P]La(THF)[P(C6H4-2-CH2NMe2)(CH(SiMe3)(SiMe2CH2))] with [Et3NH][BPh4] yields the cationic alkyllanthanum complex [(THF)4La[P(C6H4-2-CH2NMe2)(CH(SiMe3)(SiMe2CH2))]][BPh4].