title: Steric engineering of C-F activation with lanthanoid formamidinates.
abstract: Reaction of lanthanum with Hg(C6F5)2 and bulky N,N'-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)formamidine (HDippForm) in tetrahydrofuran gives [LaF{DippForm}2(THF)] with a rare terminal Ln-F bond, and a high yield of a novel functionalized formamidine, DippForm((CH2)4OC6F4H-o).
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Monash University, P.O. Box 23, Victoria 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: Marcus L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: Glen B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Deacon
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Junk
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Konstas