Convenient access to the anhydrous thorium tetrachloride complexes ThCl_4(DME)_2, ThCl_4(1,4-dioxane)_2 and ThCl_4(THF)_(3.5) using commercially available and inexpensive starting materials

摘要

Anhydrous thorium tetrachloride complexes ThCl_4((DME)_2, ThCl_4(1,4-dioxane)_2, and ThCl_4(THF)_(3.5) have been easily accessed from inexpensive, commercially available reagents under mild conditions and serve as excellent precursors to a variety of thorium(IV) halide, alkoxide, amide and organometallic compounds.