What is it about?
This is the first report of the unique reactivity smaller lanthanides have when surrounded by three traditionally inert Cp* ligands.
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Why is it important?
The general reactivity of the tris Cp* motif was thought to be well understood and limited to the larger lanthanides. Once the synthesis of the smaller lanthanides was worked out, it turned out their reactivity was unique
Perspectives
I was inspired by Chris Seibel's dissertation where he made reference to certain transient species while trying to pursue the synthesis of all the lanthanide tris Cp* compounds. I was particularly interested in yttrium because its diamagnetism would allow direct comparisons with the lanthanum analog i had previously characterized. The most interesting trivia concerning this effort was that I had positively identified the tris Cp* Y compound right before the lab burned down but suddenly couldn't work on it for months. Also Tim Champagne is a legend for picking up this project after I left. My singular regret from graduate school is not staying longer and finishing this work myself. Tim did an excellent job, probably better than i could have done, but by completing this work myself I would have transformed into a better, more complete scientist.
Benjamin L Davis
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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This page is a summary of: C–H bond activation through steric crowding of normally inert ligands in the sterically crowded gadolinium and yttrium (C
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M complexes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2006, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0602672103.
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