We acknowledge the DFG for financial support (KE 756/21-1 and WA 956/3-1).
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Molecular Lanthanoid–Transition-Metal Cluster through C
H Bond Activation by Polar Metal–Metal Bonds†
Article first published online: 29 JUN 2011
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201102363
Copyright © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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How to Cite
Butovskii, M. V., Tok, O. L., Bezugly, V., Wagner, F. R. and Kempe, R. (2011), Molecular Lanthanoid–Transition-Metal Cluster through C
H Bond Activation by Polar Metal–Metal Bonds. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 50: 7695–7698. doi: 10.1002/anie.201102363
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 5 AUG 2011
- Article first published online: 29 JUN 2011
- Manuscript Received: 5 APR 2011
Funded by
- DFG. Grant Numbers: KE 756/21-1, WA 956/3-1
Keywords:
- C
H bond activation; - cluster compounds;
- cyclopentadienyl ligand;
- lanthanides;
- metal–metal bond

Cp glue: A chiral four-coordinate organolanthanoid complex, which has an unsupported metal–metal bond, reacts to give a lanthanoid–transition-metal cluster with two-electron multicenter metal–metal bonds (see structure). The reaction proceeds through C
H bond activation by the polar metal–metal bonds and affords a 1,2-dimetallation of one Cp ligand of the metallocene moiety.

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