Pugh, Thomas and Kerridge, Andrew and Layfield, Richard (2015) Yttrium complexes of Arsine, Arsenide, and Arsinidene Ligands. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 54 (14). pp. 4255-4258. ISSN 1433-7851
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Abstract
Deprotonation of the yttrium–arsine complex [Cp′3Y{As(H)2Mes}] (1) (Cp′=η5-C5H4Me, Mes=mesityl) by nBuLi produces the μ-arsenide complex [{Cp′2Y[μ-As(H)Mes]}3] (2). Deprotonation of the As[BOND]H bonds in 2 by nBuLi produces [Li(thf)4]2[{Cp′2Y(μ3-AsMes)}3Li], [Li(thf)4]2[3], in which the dianion 3 contains the first example of an arsinidene ligand in rare-earth metal chemistry. The molecular structures of the arsine, arsenide, and arsinidene complexes are described, and the yttrium–arsenic bonding is analyzed by density functional theory.