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Reversible Fixation of Ethylene on a Sm II Calix‐Pyrrole Complex
Author(s) -
Dubé Tiffany,
Gambarotta Sandro,
Yap Glenn P. A.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19990517)38:10<1432::aid-anie1432>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - ethylene , pyrrole , lanthanide , chemistry , fixation (population genetics) , polymer chemistry , medicinal chemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , ion , biochemistry , gene
Reversible ethylene fixation in lanthanide chemistry is demonstrated by the Sm II derivatives [R 8 ‐calix‐pyrrole)(Et 2 O)Sm{Li(thf) 2 }{Li( μ 3 ‐OCH=CH 2 )}] (R=Et, {−(CH 2 ) 5 −} 0.5 ), which react with ethylene to afford the corresponding dinuclear complexes (see picture).