Efficient synthesis, redox characteristics, and electronic structure of a tetravalent tris (cyclopentadienyl) cerium alkoxide complex

A Gulino, M Casarin, VP Conticello, JG Gaudiello…

Index: Gulino, Antonio; Casarin, Maurizio; Conticello, Vincent P.; Gaudiello, John G.; Mauermann, Heiko; et al. Organometallics, 1988 , vol. 7, p. 2360 - 2364

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Abstract

The complex Cp, Ce (Oi-Pr)(Cp= v5-C5H5) can be efficiently prepared from cerium tetrakis (isopropoxide) and Me, SnCp. It is shown to be a genuine Ce (1V) complex by lH/13C NMR, elemental analysis, and cyclic voltammetry/controlled potential coulometry in Bu4N+ BF4- /THF. The latter data indicate that Cp3Ce (Oi-Pr) is a relatively strong oxidizing agent (El-+ 0.32 vs SSCE) and that one-electron reduction is both electrochemically and chemically ...