Efficient Synthesis, Redox Characteristics, and Electronic Structure of a Tetravalent Tris(cyclopentadienyl)cerium Alkoxide Complex

Antonino Gulino; Maurizio Casarin; Vincent P. Conticello; John G. Gaudiello; Heiko Mauermann; Ignazio Fragalá; Tobin J. Marks

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Efficient Synthesis, Redox Characteristics, and Electronic Structure of a Tetravalent Tris(cyclopentadienyl)cerium Alkoxide Complex

Antonino Gulino, Maurizio Casarin, Vincent P. Conticello, John G. Gaudiello, Heiko Mauermann, Ignazio Fragalá, Tobin J. Marks^*

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The complex Cp₃Ce(O-i-Pr) (Cp = η⁵-C₅H₆) can be efficiently prepared from cerium tetrakis(isopropoxide) and Me₃SnCp. It is shown to be a genuine Ce(IV) complex by ¹H/¹³C NMR, elemental analysis, and cyclic voltammetry/controlled potential coulometry in Bu₄N⁺BF₄~/THF. The latter data indicate that Cp₃Ce(O-i-Pr) is a relatively strong oxidizing agent (E_1/2-+0.32 vs SSCE) and that one-electron reduction is both electrochemically and chemically reversible. Electronic structure calculations at the nonrelativistic Xα-DVM level suggest nonnegligible Ce-Cp f orbital covalency and yield transition state ionization energies in good agreement with He I/He II photoelectron spectra. There are substantial differences in redox properties and metal-ligand bonding between Cp₃Ce(O-i-Pr) and the other known tetravalent cerium organometallic complex Ce(C₈H₈)₂.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2360-2364
Number of pages	5
Journal	Organometallics
Volume	7
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/om00101a016
State	Published - Nov 1988

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