White phosphorus activation by a Th(III) complex

Alasdair Formanuik; Fabrizio Ortu; Reece Beekmeyer; Andrew Kerridge; Ralph W Adams; David P Mills

doi:10.1039/c5dt04528b

White phosphorus activation by a Th(III) complex

Dalton Trans. 2016 Feb 14;45(6):2390-3. doi: 10.1039/c5dt04528b. Epub 2016 Jan 13.

Authors

Alasdair Formanuik¹, Fabrizio Ortu, Reece Beekmeyer, Andrew Kerridge, Ralph W Adams, David P Mills

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK. david.mills@manchester.ac.uk.

PMID: 26758474
DOI: 10.1039/c5dt04528b

Abstract

[Th(Cp'')3] (Cp'' = {C5H3(SiMe3)2-1,3}) activates P4 to give [{Th(Cp'')3}2(μ-η(1):η(1)-P4)] (1), which has an unprecedented cyclo-P4 binding mode. DFT studies were performed on a model of 1 to probe the bonding in this system.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't