title: A cerium(IV)-carbon multiple bond.
abstract: Straightforward access to a cerium(IV)-carbene complex was provided by one-electron oxidation of an anionic "ate" cerium(III)-carbene precursor, thereby avoiding decomposition reactions that plague oxidations of neutral cerium(III) compounds. The cerium(IV)-carbene complex is the first lanthanide(IV)-element multiple bond and involves a twofold bonding interaction of two electron pairs between cerium and carbon.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD (United Kingdom).
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gregson
authors.forename: Erli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McMaster
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Alexander J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.forename: Stephen T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Liddle
keywords: carbenes; cerium; density functional theory; lanthanides; multiple bonding