Michael Hill

Sep 5, 2024 | pubs.rsc.org | Dominic Kennedy |Matthew Evans |Dafydd Jones |Michael Hill

A Series of Neutral Alkaline Earth Metal Hydride Complexes Supported by a Bulky, Unsymmetrical -Diketiminate Ligand, [{(Dip/TCHPNacnac)M(-H)}2] (M = Mg, Ca, Sr or Ba) A bulky, unsymmetrical -diketiminate ligand, [HC{MeCN(Dip)}{MeCN(TCHP)}]- (Dip/TCHPNacnac; Dip = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl, TCHP = 2,4,6-tricyclohexylphenyl), has been utilised in the preparation of a series of magnesium alkyl and calcium, strontium and barium amide complexes.