Low-valent early transition metals are often intrinsically highly reactive as a result of their
strong propensity toward oxidation to more stable high-valent states. Harnessing these …

Dinitrogen (N2) is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere, but its inertness hinders its
use as a nitrogen source in the biosphere and in industry. Efficient catalysts are hence …

Here, we report the synthesis of two new sets of dibismuth-bridged rare earth molecules.
The first series contains a bridging diamagnetic Bi22–anion,(Cp* 2RE) 2 (μ-η2: η2-Bi2), 1 …

Formulating insightful questions and experiments is crucial to the advancement of science.
The purpose of this Perspective is to encourage scientists in all areas of chemistry to ask …

The first examples of crystallographically characterizable complexes of Tb2+, Pr2+, Gd2+,
and Lu2+ have been isolated, which demonstrate that Ln2+ ions are accessible in soluble …

A fundamental aspect of any element is the range of oxidation states accessible for useful
chemistry. This tutorial describes the recent expansion of the number of oxidation states …

A small but growing number of molecular compounds have been isolated featuring divalent
lanthanides with 4f n 5d z 21 electron configurations. While the majority of these possess …

High-yield syntheses of the lanthanide dinitrogen complexes [(Cp2tttM) 2 (μ-1, 2-N2)](1M,
M= Gd, Tb, Dy; Cpttt= 1, 2, 4-C5 t Bu3H2), in which the [N2] 2–ligands solely adopt the rare …

Isolation of key intermediate complexes in dinitrogen functionalization is crucial for
elucidating the mechanistic details and further investigation. Herein, the synthesis and …

The first molecular complexes of holmium and erbium in the+ 2 oxidation state have been
generated by reducing Cp′ 3Ln [Cp′= C5H4SiMe3; Ln= Ho (1), Er (2)] with KC8 in the …