Volume 22, Issue 7 pp. 678-682
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Synthesis, structure and catalytic activity comparison of tris- and tetracoordinated lanthanide amides

Mei-Hua Xie

Mei-Hua Xie

Institute of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu Anhui 241000, China

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Xin-Yuan Liu

Xin-Yuan Liu

Institute of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu Anhui 241000, China

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Shao-Wu Wang

Shao-Wu Wang

Institute of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu Anhui 241000, China

State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China

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Li Liu

Li Liu

Institute of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu Anhui 241000, China

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Yong-Yong Wu

Yong-Yong Wu

Institute of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu Anhui 241000, China

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Gao-Sheng Yang

Gao-Sheng Yang

Institute of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu Anhui 241000, China

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Shuang-Liu Zhou

Shuang-Liu Zhou

Institute of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu Anhui 241000, China

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En-Hong Sheng

En-Hong Sheng

Institute of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Material Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu Anhui 241000, China

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Zi-Xiang Huang

Zi-Xiang Huang

Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matters. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China

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First published: 26 August 2010
Citations: 22

Abstract

Tetracoordinated lanthanide amides [(Me3Si)2N]3Ln (μ-CI)Li(THF)3 (Ln=La (1), Pr (2)) were synthesized by the reaction of anhydrous lanthanide(III) chlorides LnCl3 (Ln=La, Pr) with 3 equiv. of lithium bis(trimethyl-silyl)amide (Me3Si)2NLi in THF, followed by recrystallization from toluene. Sublimation of 1 and 2 afforded the triscoordinate lanthanide amides [(Me3Si)2N]3Ln (Ln=La, Pr). The crystal structure of 2 was determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. The catalytic activity studies show that the tetracoordinate amides can be used as single-component MMA (methyl methacrylate) polymerization catalysts, while the triscoordinate amides showed poor activity on h4MA polymerization under the same conditions.

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