A neutral trizirconium cluster with chelating and exobidentate dialkoxide groups. The synthesis and crystal structure of Zr33-O) - (DMPD)4 (DMPDH)2 (DMPDH2 = 2,4-dimethylpentane-1,4-diol)

Marc A. Walters, Kin Chung Lam, Steven Damo, Roger D. Sommer, Arnold L. Rheingold

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Abstract

Zr33-O){[CH2C(CH3)2O]2}4 {[HO(CH3)2CCH2C(CH3)2O]}2 was prepared by a transesterification reaction between Zr(O-n-Pr)4 and 2,4-dimethylpentane-2,4-diol, DMPDH2. The product was obtained as a white crystalline solid containing discrete molecules of a μ3-O bridged trizirconium cluster with one chelating DMPD, two chelating DMPDH groups and three exobidentate DMPD groups, with one end bonded to a single Zr atom and the other bridging adjacent Zr atoms. The two chelating DMPDH groups form strong hydrogen bonds to the oxygen atoms of the chelated DMPD group. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)316-318
Number of pages3
JournalInorganic Chemistry Communications
Volume3
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

Keywords

  • MOCVD precursors
  • Transesterification reactions
  • Zirconium alkoxides

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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