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Bismetallocenes: Lanthanoid–Transition‐Metal Bonds through Alkane Elimination
Author(s) -
Butovskii M. V.,
Tok O. L.,
Wagner F. R.,
Kempe Rhett
Publication year - 2008
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/anie.200800407
Subject(s) - lanthanide , covalent bond , transition metal , chemistry , alkane , metal , alkyl , polar , acceptor , catalysis , organic chemistry , ion , physics , astronomy , condensed matter physics
The reaction of monohydride complexes of the late transition metals with lanthanoid alkyl derivatives affords heterobimetallic compounds with direct metal–metal bonds. These covalent bonds are strongly polar and can be considered as donor–acceptor bonds.