Tetrahydrofuran

About: Tetrahydrofuran is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 11778 publications have been published within this topic receiving 158241 citations. The topic is also known as: diethylene oxide & 1,4-epoxybutane.

Generation and Reactions of an Overcrowded Diaryldilithiosilane

Abstract: Exhaustive reduction of dibromo(2,6-diisopropylphenyl){2,4,6-tris[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl}silane with excess amount of lithium naphthalenide (more than 4 molar amounts) in tetrahydrofuran at −78 °C gave the corresponding dilithiosilane, the effective formation of which was confirmed by the trapping experiments with a variety of electrophiles. The diaryldilithiosilane thus generated was found to be stable at −78 °C but undergo an intramolecular proton abstraction to give the lithium-migrated dilithiosilane.1

Organolanthanoids. XVII. The Synthesis of Bis(diphenylphosphinocyclopentadienyl)ytterbium(II) and Derived Heterobimetallic Complexes [Yb(thf)n(C5H4PPh2)2Z] [Z=Ni(CO)2, Mo(CO)4 or PtMe2; n = 1 or 2; thf = Tetrahydrofuran]. The X-Ray Crystal-Structure of [Yb(thf)2(C5H4PPh2)2Ni(CO)2]

Abstract: Reaction of diphenylphosphinocyclopentadiene with Yb (C6F5)2 or with ytterbium metal and Hg(C6F5)2 in tetrahydrofuran ( thf ) gives, after workup with toluene, the phosphinoytter-bocene , [Yb (C5H4PPh2)2( thf )]. Treatment with thf or with N,N,N′,N′- tetramethylethane-1,2-diamine ( tmen ) yields [ Yb (C5H4PPh2)2L2] (L = thf or L2 = tmen ). Redox trans- metallation between ytterbium metal and Tl (C5H4PPh2) in l,2-dimethoxyethane ( dme ) gives thallium metal and [ Yb (C5H4PPh2)2(dme )]. The ytterbium-transition metal hetero-bimetallics [ Yb ( thf ) (C2H4PPh2)2Z]. nPhMe [Z = Ni(CO)2, Mo(CO)4 or PtMe2, n = 2/3 or 1] have been prepared by reaction of [ Yb ( thf )(C5H4PPh2)2] with Ni(CO)2(PPh3)2, Mo(CO)4( nbd ) ( nbd = norbornadiene ) or PtMe2(cod) (cod = cycloocta-1,5-diene) in toluene. Treatment of the heterobimetallics with tetrahydrofuran [Z = PtMe2 or Mo(CO)4] or a preparation in thf /toluene [Z = Ni(CO)2] yields [ Yb ( thf )2(C5H4PPh2)2PtMe2]. thf, [ Yb ( thf )2(C2H4PPh2)2Mo(CO)4]. thf and [ Yb ( thf )2 (C5H4PPh2)2Ni(CO)2]. The X-ray crystal structure of the last compound (triclinic, space group Pi, a 14.514(5), b 13.565(1), c 10.866(5) 93.11(2), β 104.65(3), γ 97.25(2)o, U 2045 A 3 , Z 2, 5141 data refined to R 0.031) reveals eight-coordinate ytterbium with a pseudo-tetrahedral arrangement of two thf ligands and the cyclopentadienyl ring centroids of two ή5 -diphenylphosphinocyclopentadienide ligands . The latter are also bonded through phosphorus to the Ni(CO)2 group, resulting in tetrahedral stereochemistry for nickel. Infrared spectroscopy suggests the presence of ytterbium- isocarbonyl bonding in solid [ Yb ( thf )(C2H4PPh2)2Z] [Z = Ni(CO)2 or Mo(CO)4].