%0 Journal Article %A Amor Chico, Francisco Javier %A Sánchez-Nieves Fernández, Javier %A Royo Gracia, Pascual %A Jacobsen, Heiko %A Blacque, Olivier %A Berke, Heinz %A Lanfranchi, Maurizio %A Pellinghelli, Maria Angela %A Tiripicchio, Antonio %T Competitive insertion of isocyanide into tantalum-amido and tantalum-methyl bonds %D 2002 %@ 1099-0682 %U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/4200 %X The (amido)methyl complexes [Ta(η5-C5Me5)(NtBu)Me(NR2)] [R = Ph (3), SiMe3 (4)] were prepared by reaction of [Ta(η5-C5Me5)(NtBu)ClMe] (1) with the appropriate lithium amides. Attempts to isolate the analogous NHMe derivative afforded a mixture of complexes [Ta(η5-C5Me5)(NtBu)Me(NHMe)] (5) and [Ta(η5-C5Me5)(NMe)Me(NHtBu)] (6), resulting from hydrogen exchange between the amido and imido ligands. Insertion of CN(2,6-Me2C6H3) into the Ta−Me bond of complexes 3 and 4 gave the η1-iminoacyl derivatives [Ta(η5-C5Me5)(NtBu)(NR2){η1-C(Me)=N(2,6-Me2C6H3)}] [R = Ph (7), SiMe3 (8)], while insertion into the Ta−NRMe (R = H, Me) bond of the complexes [Ta(η5-C5Me5)(NtBu)Me(NRMe)] [R = H (5), Me (2)] gave the η2-iminocarbamoyl compounds [Ta(η5-C5Me5)(NtBu)Me{η2-C(NRMe)=N(2,6-Me2C6H3)}] [R = H (10), Me (9)]. All of the new compounds were characterized by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. The X-ray crystal structure of 9 is reported. DFT calculations were carried out to justify the preference of the insertion either into the Ta−C or the Ta−N bond. %K Tantalum %K Competitive insertion %K Isocyanide insertion %K Density functional calculations %K Ciencia %K Química inorgánica %K Science %K Chemistry, inorganic %~ Biblioteca Universidad de Alcala