Nocton Grégory, Ricard Louis
Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire, CNRS, Ecole polytechnique, Palaiseau, F-91128, France.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Feb 28;51(17):3578-81. doi: 10.1039/c5cc00289c.
The reaction of a series of organolanthanide fragments of samarium and thulium with phenanthroline is reported. All adducts couple in the 4-position of the phenanthroline ligand to yield the 4-4' dimers when they crystallize. The analysis of the solution structure revealed a thermally reversible C-C coupling in all cases.