Die deprotonierung silylierter amido-komplexe von seltenerdelementen

Translated title of the contribution: Deprotonation reactions of silylated amido complexes of rare earth elements

Marc Karl, Klaus Harms, Gerd Seybert, Werner Massa, Fau Stefan, Gernot Frenking, Kurt Dehnicke

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Abstract

The deprotonation of the rare earth element-tris-(bistrimethylsilyl)amides Ln[N(SiMe3)2]3 of scandium, ytterbium, and lutetium with sodium-bis(trimethylsilyl)amide in THF leads to the complexes [Na(THF)3LnCH2SiMe2NSiMe3 · {N(SiMe3)2}2] [Ln = Sc (1), Yb (2), and Lu (3)]. According to crystal structure analyses of 1 and 2 the metal atoms Sc and Yb are constituents of planar LnCSiN four-membered rings. At the same time, the C atom of the CH2 group is coordinated with the sodium ion in a linear axis Ln-C-Na; the sodium ion obtains a distorted tetrahedral arrangement by three THF molecules. The equatorial positions of the methylene-C atom, which is coordinated in a trigonal bipyramidal fashion, are occupied by the two H atoms and the Si atom of the four-membered ring. 2.6-dimethylbenzoisonitrile can be inserted into the Yb-CH2 bond of 2 and the new five-membered heterocylce YbNCSiN originates, the exocyclic CH2 group of which enters into a C-C coupling with the centrosymmetric dimer 4 while the ytterbium undergoes reduction. At the same time, sodium-7-methyl indolate is formed, which together with [NaN(SiMe3)2(THF)2] forms the centrosymmetric dimeric molecular aggregate [NaN(SiMe3)2(THF)2Na · (C9H16N)]2 (5). 1: Space group P21/n, Z = 8, lattice dimensions at -80 °C: a = 2941.4(2), b = 1205.5(1), c = 2952.4(3) pm; β = 113.455(8)°; R1 = 0.0625. 2: Space group P21/n, Z = 8, lattice dimensions at -80 °C: a = 2943.9(1), b = 1219.5(1), c = 2944.3(1) pm; β = 113.372(4)°; R1 =0.0361. 4: Space group P1̄, Z = 4, lattice dimensions at -80 °C: a = 1117.0(1), b = 1207.5(1), c = 1614.3(2) pm; α= 73.634(10)°, β = 82.091 (10)°, γ = 74.391(10)°; R1 = 0.0525. 5: Space group P21/n, Z = 2, lattice dimensions at -80 °C: a = 1126.7(1), b = 1459.3(1), c = 1741.1(1) pm; β = 96.461(8)°; R1 = 0.0458. Quantum chemical DFT calculations of the scandium model compound [Na(Me2O)3ScCH2SiMe2NSiH 3{N(SiH3)2}2] (1 M) give a very large negative charge at the pentacoordinated carbon atom of the four-membered ring that is concentrated in a lone-pair orbital which has mainly p character. The carbon atom interacts with the positively charged scandium atom mainly by Coulombic interactions.

Translated title of the contributionDeprotonation reactions of silylated amido complexes of rare earth elements
Original languageGerman
Pages (from-to)2055-2063
Number of pages9
JournalZeitschrift fur Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie
Volume625
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes

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