Synthesis and structural characterization of organometallic niobium(IV) amido complexes
Abstract
New organometallic niobium(IV) amido complexes have been synthesized from [NbCl2{N(SiMe3)2}2]. Reaction with ZnPh2 gave the amidophenyl compound [NbCl{N(SiMe3)2}2Ph] and with Zn(cp)2(cp =η5-C5H5) gave [(cp)2[graphic omitted]H2]. X-Ray crystallographic studies of both compounds have been carried out. In the solid state, [NbCl{N(SiMe3)2}2Ph] has a distorted-tetrahedral geometry and [(cp)2[graphic omitted]H2] has a planar four-membered metallaheterocyclic ring.