title: The first bridged lanthanide carbene complex formed through reduction of carbodiimide by diamine-bis(phenolate) ytterbium(II) complex and its reactivity to phenylisocyanate.
abstract: The reaction of YbL(THF)(2) (L = [-OC(6)H(2)(2,4-(t)Bu(2))(6-CH(2))](2)NCH(2)CH(2)NMe(2)) with (i)PrN=C=N(i)Pr led to the bridged carbene ytterbium complex (YbL)(2)(μ-N(i)PrCN(i)Pr) via a two-electron reduction process of carbodiimide, which reacted with PhNCO to afford a dinuclear ytterbium complex and a spiro derivative.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Haisheng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yingming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Shen