Crystal structure of 3-(triphenylphosphoranylidene)-2,5-dihydrofuran-2,5-dione tetrahydrofuran monosolvate

The title pseudo-polymorph of 3-(triphenylphosphoranylidene)-2,5-dihydrofuran-2,5-dione crystallizes with a tetrahydrofuran solvent molecule, viz. C22H17O3P·C4H8O. The succinic anhydride ring is approximately planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.032 Å). The tetrahydrofuran molecule is disordered over two orientations about a pseudo-twofold axis with refined occupancy ratio 0.718 (4):0.282 (4). In the crystal, C—H...O hydrogen bonds link molecules of the dihydrofuran-2,5-dione derivative into chains parallel to the b axis and arranged into layers stacked along [100] alternating with hydrogen-bonded tetrahydrofuran layers

Oligomerization of α-olefins by the dimeric nickel bisamido complex [Ni{1-N(PMes 2 -N(μ-PMes 2 )C 6 H 4 -κ 3 N , N' , P ,-κ 1 P' }] 2 activated by methylalumoxane (MAO)

The reaction of Li2[1,2-{N(PMes2)}2C6H4], formed in situ from n-BuLi and the corresponding amines, with 1 equiv. of [NiBr2(DME)] gives [Ni{1-N(PMes2)-2-N(μ-PMes2)C6H4-κ3N,N′,P-κ1P′}]2 (1). After activation by methylalumoxane (MAO), 1 is a highly a