Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2001, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (9): 1501.

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Reaction of Divalent Samarium Complexes with Phenyl Isocyanate Synthesis, Molecular Structure and Catalytic Activity of [(CH3C5H4)2(THF)Sm]2[μ-η4-(PhN)OCCO(NPh)]·2THF

YUAN Fu-Gen1, SHEN Qi2, SUN Jie3   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry, Suzhou Railway Teacher's College, Suzhou 215009, China;
    2. Departmentof Chemistry, Suzhou University, Suzhou 215006, China;
    3. The Open Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry of Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
  • Received:2000-06-12 Online:2001-09-24 Published:2001-09-24

Abstract: This article describes the reaction of divalent complexes (CH3C5H4)2Sm(THF) and SmI2(THF)x with phenyl isocyanate.(CH3C5H4)2Sm(THF) reacts with phenyl isocyanate to give the product of [(CH3C5H4)2(THF)Sm]2[μη4 (PhN)OCCO(NPh)]·2THF(1), while SmI2(THF)x was oxidated to be [SmI2(THF)5][SmI4(THF)2] in PhNCOsolution. (CH3C5H4)2Sm(THF) and complex 1 display a catalytic activity for the oligomerization of phenyl isocyanate. The reaction of(CH3C5H4)2Sm(THF) with PhNCO to form complex 1 can be thought as the initiation reaction and complex 1 may be considered to be the real active species for the PhNCOoligomerization with the catalyst of(CH3C5H4)2Sm(THF). The structure of complex 1 was determined by X-ray diffraction analysis and confirmed to be a bimetallic complex with a dianionic oxamide ligand.

Key words: Samarium, Catalytic, Oligomerization, Phenyl isocyanate

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