Yttrium dialkyl supported by a silaamidinate ligand: synthesis, structure and catalysis on cyclotrimerization of isocyanates

Deshuai Liu; Dahai Zhou; Hao Yang; Jianfeng Li; Chunming Cui

doi:10.1039/c9cc06282c

Yttrium dialkyl supported by a silaamidinate ligand: synthesis, structure and catalysis on cyclotrimerization of isocyanates

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Oct 10;55(82):12324-12327. doi: 10.1039/c9cc06282c.

Authors

Deshuai Liu¹, Dahai Zhou¹, Hao Yang¹, Jianfeng Li¹, Chunming Cui²

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry and College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China. lijf@nankai.edu.cn cmcui@nankai.edu.cn.
² State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry and College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China. lijf@nankai.edu.cn cmcui@nankai.edu.cn and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, China.

PMID: 31556433
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc06282c

Abstract

A sterically demanding silaamidine (ArN = Si(L)NHAr) ligand was synthesized and employed for the preparation of a yttrium dialkyl complex, which catalytically enabled the cyclotrimerization of isocyanate with high activity and excellent functional group tolerance.