The coordination and organometallic chemistry of the f-elements, that is group 3, lanthanide,
and actinide ions, supported by nitrogen ligands, eg amides, imides, and nitrides, has …

Two-electron oxidations are ubiquitous and play a key role in the synthesis and catalysis.
For transition metals and actinides, two-electron oxidation often takes place at a single-metal …

Abstract Complex [(DIPePBDI) Ca] 2 (C6H6), with a C6H62− dianion bridging two Ca2+
ions, reacts with benzene to yield [(DIPePBDI) Ca] 2 (biphenyl) with a bridging biphenyl2 …

A series of dilanthanide benzene inverse sandwich complexes of the type (CpiPr5Ln) 2 (μ–
η6: η6-C6H6)(1-Ln)(Ln= Y, Gd, Tb, Dy, Tm) are reported. These compounds are synthesized …

Metalloid gold clusters have unique properties with respect to size and structure and are key
intermediates in studying transitions between molecular compounds and the bulk phase of …

The reactivity of the dilithioplumbole ([Li2 (thf) 2 (μ, η5-LPb)], LPb= 1, 4-bis-tert-butyl-
dimethylsilyl-2, 3-bis-phenyl-plumbolyl) towards the reactive pnictogen precursors P4 …

Synthesis of new organo-lanthanide polyphosphides with an aromatic cyclo-[P4] 2− moiety
and a cyclo-[P3] 3− moiety is presented. For this purpose, the divalent LnII-complexes …

Rare-earth metal complexes of the parent benzene tetraanion and neutral inverse-sandwich
rare-earth metal arene complexes have remained elusive. Here, we report the first neutral …

The benzene tetraanion-bridged rare earth inverse arene amidinate complexes [{Ln (κ1: η6-
Piso)} 2 (μ-η6: η6-C6H6)](2-Ln, Ln= Gd, Tb, Dy, Y; Piso={(NDipp) 2CtBu}, Dipp= C6H3iPr2 …

Heterometallic complexes [Cp* 2Ln (μ-iso CO) 2 {Cr2 (μ-P) Cp2 (CO) 2}][Ln= Yb (1), Sm (2)]
were obtained in reactions of [Cp* 2Ln (thf) 2](Ln= Sm, Yb) with [{CpCr (CO) 2} 2 (μ, η2: 2 …