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Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Feb 21;(7):818-20. doi: 10.1039/b819072k. Epub 2008 Dec 17.

An unsupported transition metal--lanthanide bond; synthesis and crystal structure of an Nd--Fe amido N-heterocyclic carbene complex.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)

Polly L Arnold, Jonathan McMaster, Stephen T Liddle

Affiliations

  1. School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK EH9 2ER. [email protected]

PMID: 19322452 DOI: 10.1039/b819072k

Abstract

A salt-elimination reaction between the neodymium monoiodide [Nd(L')(N'')(I)](2) [L' = Bu(t)NCH(2)CH(2){C(NCSiMe(3)CHNBu(t))}; N'' = N(SiMe(3))(2)] and K[FeCp(CO)(2)] affords the first complex with an unsupported 4f-3d metal-metal bond that is sufficiently stable to be isolated; the bond is identified as principally ionic in nature by DFT calculations.

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