Rare-earths are a group of metals with fascinating physical properties and intriguing chemical reactivity. By utilizing an electronically and geometrically flexible ferrocene diamide ligand, unprecedented reactivity was discovered together with the synthesis and characterization of a series of rare-earth metal arene complexes. The fruitful reduction chemistry allowed: (1) the discovery of a new aromatic C-H and C-F bond activation mechanism for rare-earths; (2) the synthesis of the first scandium naphthalene complex and a reactivity study on P<sub>4</sub> activation by rare-earth arene complexes; (3) the isolation and characterization of a 6C, 10p-electron aromatic system stabilized by coordination to rare-earth metal ions. Recently, an improved method to access paramagnetic rare-earth starting materials for organometallic chemistry was developed in order to study the physical and chemical properties of paramagnetic rare-earth biphenyl complexes.

Redox processes of rare-earth metal complexes supported by ferrocene diamide ligands

251st National Meeting (2016)

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