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Dalton Trans., 2009, 9715 - 9717, DOI: 10.1039/b917466b

-Diketiminate C–H activation with heavier group 2 alkyls

Mark R. Crimmin, Anthony G. M. Barrett, Michael S. Hill, Dugald J. MacDougall, Mary F. Mahon and Panayiotis A. Procopiou

Well defined dialkyls of the heavier alkaline earth elements, [M{CH(SiMe3)2}2(THF)n] [M = Ca, n = 2; M = Sr, n = 3; M = Ba, n = 3] react to form either the heteroleptic -diketiminato alkyl when M = Ca or unusual C–H activation products in which a methyl group of the ligand is deprotonated when M = Sr or Ba.

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