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Pentamethyltantalum

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Pentamethyltantalum
Names
Systematic IUPAC name pentamethyl-λ-tantalane
Identifiers
CAS Number
3D model (JSmol)
PubChem CID
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InChI
  • InChI=1S/5CH3.Ta/h5*1H3;/q5*-1;+5Key: GFPNFSSWCUULLCP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
  • C(C)(C)(C)C
Properties
Chemical formula C5H15Ta
Molar mass 256.123 g·mol
Appearance yellow oil, green solid at −20°
Melting point 0 °C (32 °F; 273 K)
Solubility diethylether, pentane, 2-methylbutane
Thermochemistry
Std enthalpy of
formation (ΔfH298) 		169.8 213 kJ/mol
Related compounds
Related compounds Pentamethylarsenic
Pentamethylbismuth
Pentamethylantimony
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Chemical compound

Pentamethyltantalum is a homoleptic organotantalum compound. It has a propensity to explode when it is melted. Its discovery was part of a sequence that led to Richard R. Schrock's Nobel Prize winning discovery in olefin metathesis.

Production

Pentamethyltantalum can be made from the reaction of methyllithium with dichlorotrimethyltantalum. Ta(CH3)3Cl2 is in turn made from tantalum pentachloride and dimethylzinc.

The preparation was inspired by the existence of pentaphenylphosphorus, and the discovery of hexamethyltungsten. The discoverer Richard R. Schrock considered tantalum to be a metallic phosphorus, and thus tried the use of methyllithium.

Properties

The pentamethyltantalum adopts a square pyramid shape. Ignoring the C-H bonds, the molecule has C4v symmetry. The four carbon atoms at the base of the pyramid are called basal, and the carbon atom at the top is called apical or apex. The distance from tantalum to the apical carbon atom is 2.11 Å, and to the basal carbon atoms is 2.180 Å. The distance from hydrogen to carbon in the methyl groups is 1.106 Å. The angle subtended by two basal carbon bonds is 82.2°, and the angle between the bonds to the apex and a carbon on the base is about 111.7°.

At room temperature pentamethyltantalum can spontaneously explode, so samples are usually stored in a -20°c freezer.

Reactions

With many carbon-hydrogen bonds near Ta, analogues of pentamethyltantalum are susceptible to alpha elimination.

Excess methyllithium reacts to yield higher coordinated methyl tantalum ions and .

Pentamethyltantalum in solution forms stable insoluble complex material when mixed with dmpe (CH3)2PCH2CH2P(CH3)2.

With nitric oxide it gives a white coloured dimer with formula {TaMe32}2 (Me=CH3).

References

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  2. Adedeji, Festus A.; Connor, Joseph A.; Skinner, Henry A.; Galyer, Lee; Wilkinson, Geoffrey (1976). "Heat of formation of pentamethylantalum and hexamethyltungsten". Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications (5): 159. doi:10.1039/C39760000159.
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  5. ^ Schrock, Richard R. (8 December 2005). "Multiple Metal-Carbon Bonds for Catalytic Metathesis Reactions Nobel Lecture" (PDF). Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 45 (23): 3748–59. doi:10.1002/anie.200600085. PMID 16703641. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
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Tantalum compounds
Tantalum(II)
Tantalum(III)
Organotantalum(III)
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    • Tantalum(IV)
    Tantalum(V)
    Organotantalum(V)
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