Rare-earth alkyl complexes supported by formamidinate ligands: synthesis, structure, and catalytic activity for isoprene polymerization.

@article{Guo2014RareearthAC,
  title={Rare-earth alkyl complexes supported by formamidinate ligands: synthesis, structure, and catalytic activity for isoprene polymerization.},
  author={Liping Guo and Xiancui Zhu and Shuangliu Zhou and Xiaolong Mu and Yun Wei and Shaowu Wang and Zhijun Feng and Guangchao Zhang and Baojia Deng},
  journal={Dalton transactions},
  year={2014},
  volume={43 18},
  pages={
          6842-7
        }
}
A series of rare-earth metal monoalkyl complexes supported by N,N'-di(2,6-dialkylphenyl)formamidinate ligand (L)2RECH2SiMe3·thf [L(1) = HC(N-2,6-Me2C6H3)2, RE = Y (1), L(2) = HC(N-2,6-(i)Pr2C6H3)2, RE = Y (2), Er (3), Dy (4), Sm (5), and Nd (6)] were synthesized by alkyl elimination reaction or by salt metathesis reaction in good yields. All complexes were characterized by elemental analyses, FT-IR spectroscopy and single crystal X-ray diffraction. In combination with [Ph3C][B(C6F5)4] and… 
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