Abstract
Hydrogenolysis of alkyl-substituted cyclopentadienyl (CpR ) ligated thorium tribenzyl complexes [(CpR )Th(p-CH2 -C6 H4 -Me)3 ] (1-6) afforded the first examples of molecular thorium trihydrido complexes [(CpR )Th(μ-H)3 ]n (CpR =C5 H2 (t Bu)3 or C5 H2 (SiMe3 )3 , n=5; C5 Me4 SiMe3 , n=6; C5 Me5 , n=7; C5 Me4 H, n=8; 7-10 and 12) and [(Cp# )12 Th13 H40 ] (Cp# =C5 H4 SiMe3 ; 13). The nuclearity of the metal hydride clusters depends on the steric profile of the cyclopentadienyl ligands. The hydrogenolysis intermediate, tetra-nuclear octahydrido thorium dibenzylidene complex [(Cpttt )Th(μ-H)2 ]4 (μ-p-CH-C6 H4 -Me)2 (Cpttt =C5 H2 (t Bu)3 ) (11) was also isolated. All of the complexes were characterized by NMR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray analysis. Hydride positions in [(CpMe4 )Th(μ-H)3 ]8 (CpMe4 =C5 Me4 H) were further precisely confirmed by single-crystal neutron diffraction. DFT calculations strengthen the experimental assignment of the hydride positions in the complexes 7 to 12.
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