Ring-opening of a thorium cyclopropenyl complex generates a transient thorium-bound carbene

Authors :: Greggory T. Kent
Xiaojuan Yu
Guang Wu
Jochen Autschbach
Trevor W. Hayton
Source :: Chemical Communications. 58:6805-6808
Publication Year :: 2022
Publisher :: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2022.
Abstract: Thermolysis of [Cp3Th(3,3-diphenylcyclopropenyl)] results in isomerization to the ring-opened product, [Cp3Th(3-phenyl-1H-inden-1-yl)] via a transient carbene intermediate.

Subjects :: Materials Chemistry
Metals and Alloys
Ceramics and Composites
General Chemistry
Catalysis
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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