Abstract

A new NON-donor ligand, 4,5-bis(2,6-diisopropylanilino)-2,7-di-tert-butyl-9,9-dimethylxanthene (H2[XA2], 1), was prepared by palladium-catalyzed coupling of 2,6-diisopropylaniline with the appropriate dibromoxanthene precursor. Stable K2(dme)2[XA2] (2) and Na2[XA2] (3) salts were accessible by deprotonation of H2[XA2] with KH in dme or NaH in toluene. The thermally unstable lithium salt of McConville's 2,6-bis(2,6-diisopropylanilidomethyl)pyridine ligand (Li2[BDPP], 4) was isolated by deprotonation with nBuLi or LiCH2SiMe3 in hexanes at low temperature. Reaction of [ThCl4(dme)2] with Li2[BDPP] or M2(dme)n[XA2] resulted in the formation of pentagonal bipyramidal [LThCl2(dme)] complexes (L = BDPP, 5; XA2, 6). Subsequent reaction of 5 or 6 with LiCH2SiMe3 gave base- and salt-free dialkyl complexes, [LTh(CH2SiMe3)2] (L = BDPP, 7; XA2, 8), which are stable for days in solution at 90 and 70 °C, respectively. Complexes 5, 7, and 8 were also accessible by initial combination of 2 or 4 equiv of LiCH2SiMe3 with [Th...

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