Abstract
The potentially C,N,N'-chelating anionic aryldiamine ligand [C6H4(CH2N(Me)CH2CH2NMe2)-2]- (CNN) has been employed in the preparation of six-coordinate Ta(V) alkylidene complexes. The new dichloro alkylidene complex [TaCl2(=CH-t-Bu)(CNN)], 2, prepared from [TaCl3(=CH-t-Bu)(THF)2] and [Li(CNN)]2, 1, has been obtained as a mixture of three diastereoisomers (2a-c) in 51% yield. The molecular structure of the
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