RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Molecular Nitrides with Titanium and Rare-Earth Metals A1 Caballo González, Jorge A1 García Castro, María A1 Martín Alonso, Avelino A1 Mena Montoro, Miguel A1 Pérez Redondo, Adrián A1 Yélamos Sánchez, Carlos K1 Química K1 Chemistry AB A series of titanium-group 3/lanthanide metal complexes have been prepared by reaction of [{Ti(eta(5)-C5Me5)(mu-NH)}(3)(mu(3)-N)] (1) with halide, triflate, or amido derivatives of the rare-earth metals. Treatment of 1 with metal halide complexes [MCl3(thf)(n)] or metal trifluoromethanesulfonate derivatives [M(O3SCF3)(3)] at room temperature affords the cube-type adducts [X3M{(mu(3)-NH)(3)Ti-3(eta(5)-C5Me5)(3)(mu(3)-N)}] (X = Cl, M = Sc (2), Y (3), La (4), Sm (5), Er (6), Lu (7); X = OTf, M = Y (8), Sm (9), Er (10)). Treatment of yttrium (3) and lanthanum (4) halide complexes with 3 equiv of lithium 2,6-dimethylphenoxido [LiOAr] produces the aryloxido complexes [(ArO)(3)M{(mu(3)-NH)(3)Ti-3(eta(5)-C5Me5)(3)(mu(3)-N)}] (M = Y (11), La (12)). Complex 1 reacts with 0.5 equiv of rare-earth bis(trimethylsilyl)amido derivatives [M{N(SiMe3)(2)}(3)] in toluene at 85-180 degrees C to afford the corner-shared double-cube nitrido compounds [M(mu(3)-N)(3)(mu(3)-NH)(3){Ti-3(eta(5)-C5Me5)(3)(mu(3)-N)}(2)] (M = Sc (13), Y (14), La (15), Sm (16), Eu (17), Er (18), Lu (19)) via NH(SiMe3)(2) elimination. A single-cube intermediate [{(Me3Si)(2)N}Sc{(mu(3)-N)(2)(mu(3)-NH)Ti-3(eta(5)-C5Me5)(3)(mu(3)-N)}] (20) was obtained by the treatment of 1 with 1 equiv of the scandium bis(trimethylsilyl)amido derivative [Sc{N(SiMe3)(2)}(3)]. The X-ray crystal structures of 2, 7, 11, 14, 15, and 19 have been determined. The thermal decomposition in the solid state of double-cube nitrido complexes 14, 15, and 18 has been investigated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential thermal analysis (DTA) measurements, as well as by pyrolysis experiments at 1100 degrees C under different atmospheres (Ar, H-2/N-2, NH3) for the yttrium complex 14. SN 0020-1669 YR 2011 FD 2011-07-18 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/38566 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/38566 LA eng NO Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia de España, Comunidad de Madrid, Universidad de Alcalá DS MINDS@UW RD 06-dic-2023