Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Magnesium Pentalenides.

ABSTRACT: The first magnesium pentalenide complexes have been synthesized via deprotonative metalation of 1,3,4,6-tetraphenyldihydropentalene (Ph₄PnH₂) with magnesium alkyls. Both the nature of the metalating agent and the reaction solvent influenced the structure of the resulting complexes, and an equilibrium between Mg[Ph₄Pn] and [ⁿBuMg]₂[Ph₄Pn] was found to exist and investigated by NMR, XRD, and UV-vis spectroscopic techniques. Studies on the reactivity of Mg[Ph₄Pn] with water, methyl iodide, and trimethylsilylchloride revealed that the [Ph₄Pn]^2-

SUBMITTER: Sanderson HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10548416 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature