title: Unprecedented bending and rearrangement of f-element sandwich complexes induced by superbulky cyclooctatetraenide ligands.
abstract: The use of the superbulky cyclooctatetraenide dianion ligand [C(8)H(6)(SiPh(3))(2)](2-) (= COT(BIG)) in organo-f-element chemistry leads to unprecedented effects such as the formation of a significantly bent anionic Ce(III) sandwich complex, a novel cerocene formed by sterically induced SiPh(3) group migration, as well as the first example of a bent uranocene.
authors.affiliation: Chemisches Institut der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, D-39106 Magdeburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lorenz
authors.forename: Benjamin M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Schmiege
authors.forename: Cristian G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Hrib
authors.forename: Joseph W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Ziller
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Edelmann
authors.forename: Steffen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blaurock
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Frank T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Edelmann