C H Bond Activation by f‐Block Complexes

PL Arnold, MW McMullon, J Rieb… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Most homogeneous catalysis relies on the design of metal complexes to trap and convert
substrates or small molecules to value‐added products. Organometallic lanthanide …

Rare-earth metal and actinide organoimide chemistry

D Schädle, R Anwander - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The chemistry of actinide (An) and rare-earth metal (Ln and group 3) complexes featuring
multiple bonding interactions with main-group fragments has witnessed an enormous …

On the non-innocence of “Nacnacs”: ligand-based reactivity in β-diketiminate supported coordination compounds

C Camp, J Arnold - Dalton Transactions, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
While β-diketiminate (BDI or 'nacnac') ligands have been widely adopted to stabilize a wide
range of metal ions in multiple oxidation states and coordination numbers, in several …

Recent advances in the coordination chemistry of cerium (IV) complexes

YM So, WH Leung - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Despite widespread applications of tetravalent cerium compounds in organic synthesis and
catalysis, the coordination and organometallic chemistry of cerium (IV) complexes has not …

Synthesis and characterization of a bridging cerium (IV) nitride complex

HH Wilson, X Yu, T Cheisson, PW Smith… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Complexes featuring lanthanide–ligand multiple bonds are rare and highly reactive. They
are important synthetic targets to understand 4f/5d-bonding in comparison to d-block and …

Scandium terminal imido chemistry

E Lu, J Chu, Y Chen - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Research into transition metal complexes bearing multiply bonded main-group
ligands has developed into a thriving and fruitful field over the past half century. These …

Experimental and computational studies on the reactivity of a terminal thorium imidometallocene towards organic azides and diazoalkanes

W Ren, E Zhou, B Fang, G Hou, G Zi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The reaction of the base‐free terminal thorium imido complex [{η5‐1, 2, 4‐(Me3C) 3C5H2}
2Th N (p‐tolyl)](1) with p‐azidotoluene yielded irreversibly the …

Experimental and computational studies on the formation of thorium–copper heterobimetallics

P Yang, E Zhou, G Hou, G Zi, W Ding… - … –A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The formation of actinide–transition metal heterobimetallics mediated by a terminal actinide
imido complex was comprehensively studied. The reaction of the thorium imido complex [(η5 …

Nitrene metathesis and catalytic nitrene transfer promoted by niobium bis (imido) complexes

BM Kriegel, RG Bergman, J Arnold - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We report a metathesis reaction in which a nitrene fragment from an isocyanide ligand is
exchanged with a nitrene fragment of an imido ligand in a series of niobium bis (imido) …

Rare-earth metal complexes of β-diketiminato ligands bearing pendant nitrogen or oxygen donors

W Mao, L **ang, Y Chen - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
By using the β-diketiminato ligands bearing pendant nitrogen or oxygen donors, a series of
rare-earth metal complexes containing reactive metal-bound functionalities have been …