title: First neodymium(III) alkyl-carbene complex based on bis(iminophosphoranyl) ligands.
abstract: Serendipitous deprotonation of bis(iminophosphoranyl)methanide Nd(III) complexes afforded the first alkyl-carbene neodymium complex. Due to the presence of structurally similar methanide and methandiide fragments, this complex features, as evidenced by X-ray crystallographic analysis, Nd-C single and multiple bonds.
authors.affiliation: Ecole Polytechnique, Laboratoire Hétéroéléments et Coordination, CNRS, 91128, Palaiseau Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buchard
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Auffrant
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ricard
authors.forename: Xavier F
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Le Goff
authors.forename: Rachel H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Platel
authors.forename: Charlotte K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Le Floch