A cerium(IV)-carbon multiple bond

Matthew Gregson; Erli Lu; Jonathan McMaster; William Lewis; Alexander J Blake; Stephen T Liddle

doi:10.1002/anie.201306984

A cerium(IV)-carbon multiple bond

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Dec 2;52(49):13016-9. doi: 10.1002/anie.201306984. Epub 2013 Oct 15.

Authors

Matthew Gregson¹, Erli Lu, Jonathan McMaster, William Lewis, Alexander J Blake, Stephen T Liddle

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD (United Kingdom).

PMID: 24281888
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201306984

Abstract

Straightforward access to a cerium(IV)-carbene complex was provided by one-electron oxidation of an anionic "ate" cerium(III)-carbene precursor, thereby avoiding decomposition reactions that plague oxidations of neutral cerium(III) compounds. The cerium(IV)-carbene complex is the first lanthanide(IV)-element multiple bond and involves a twofold bonding interaction of two electron pairs between cerium and carbon.

Keywords: carbenes; cerium; density functional theory; lanthanides; multiple bonding.