A variety of thorium com
plexes incor
porating the bu
lky
permethy
lindeny
l ligand (Ind* =C
9Me
7) have been synthesized and characterized. S
pecifica
lly, the dich
loride Ind*
2ThC
l2 isobtained by reaction of ThC
l4 with Ind*Li, from which Ind*
2ThMe
2, Ind*
2Th(NMe
2)
2, Ind*
2Th(NC
4H
4)
2, and Ind*
2Th(
3-H
3BH)
2 may be obtained by metathesis with MeLi, LiNMe
2,LiNC
4H
4, and Ca(BH
4)
2, res
pective
ly. In contrast to sim
ple metathesis, reaction of Ind*
2ThC
l2 with KN(SiMe
3)
2 yie
lds the meta
llacyc
le Ind*
2Th(
2-CH
2SiMe
2NSiMe
3). X-ray diffraction studies on Ind*
2ThC
l2, Ind*
2ThC
l(
-C
l)
2Li(tmeda), Ind*
2ThMe
2, Ind*
2Th(NMe
2)
2, Ind*
2Th(
2-CH
2SiMe
2NSiMe
3), and Ind*
2Th(
3-H
3BH)
2 indicate that the
permethy
lindeny
l ligandsin these com
plexes exhibit a variety of conformations.