Ring-opening of a thorium cyclopropenyl complex generates a transient thorium-bound carbene
Greggory T. Kent, Xiaojuan Yu, Guang Wu, Jochen Autschbach, Trevor W. Hayton
Abstract
Thermolysis of [Cp 3 Th(3,3-diphenylcyclopropenyl)] results in isomerization to the ring-opened product, [Cp 3 Th(3-phenyl-1 H -inden-1-yl)] via a transient carbene intermediate.
Topics & Concepts
CarbeneChemistryThoriumReactivity (psychology)Ring (chemistry)ReagentThermal decompositionIsomerizationLithium (medication)Medicinal chemistryUraniumPhotochemistryOrganic chemistryCatalysisMaterials scienceEndocrinologyAlternative medicinePathologyMedicineMetallurgyCyclopropane Reaction MechanismsN-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic ChemistryOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis