title: Molecular rare-earth-metal hydrides in non-cyclopentadienyl environments.
abstract: Molecular hydrides of the rare-earth metals play an important role as homogeneous catalysts and as counterparts of solid-state interstitial hydrides. Structurally well-characterized non-metallocene-type hydride complexes allow the study of elementary reactions that occur at rare-earth-metal centers and of catalytic reactions involving bonds between rare-earth metals and hydrides. In addition to neutral hydrides, cationic derivatives have now become available.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen (Germany) http://www.ac.rwth-aachen.de/extern/ak-okuda.
authors.forename: Waldemar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fegler
authors.forename: Ajay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venugopal
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Okuda
keywords: CH bond activation; hydrogen storage; hydrogenolysis; lanthanides; rare-earth-metal hydrides