First neodymium(III) alkyl-carbene complex based on bis(iminophosphoranyl) ligands

Buchard, Antoine and Auffrant, Audrey and Ricard, Louis and Le Goff, Xavier F. and Platel, Rachel H. and Williams, Charlotte K. and Le Floch, Pascal (2009) First neodymium(III) alkyl-carbene complex based on bis(iminophosphoranyl) ligands. Dalton Transactions (46). pp. 10219-10222. ISSN 1477-9226

Abstract

Serendipitous deprotonation of bis(iminophosphoranyl) methanide Nd(III) complexes afforded the first alkyl-carbene neodymium complex. Due to the presence of structurally similar methanide and methandiide fragments, this complex features, as evidenced by X-ray crystallographic analysis, Nd-C single and multiple bonds.