Lanthanides: Chemistry and Use in Organic Synthesis

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kobayashi, Shu (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1999.
• Series: Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, 2
• Subjects: Organic chemistry.; Inorganic chemistry.; Polymers .; Organic Chemistry.; Inorganic Chemistry.; Polymer Sciences.

The use of lanthanides in organic chemistry and in organic synthesis has attracted broad interest recently because of the unique reactivities and selectivities exhibited by compounds of these rare earth elements. In particular, several major advances have been made in the last five years. This volum...

Table of Contents:

• Principles in Organolanthanide Chemistry
• Lanthanide Triflate-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions in Organic Synthesis
• Lanthanide- and Group 3 Metallocene Catalysis in Small Molecule Synthesis
• Influence of Solvents or Additives on the Organic Chemistry Mediated by Diiodosamarium
• Chiral Heterobimetallic Lanthanoid Complexes: Highly Efficient Multifunctional Catalysts for the Asymmetric Formation of C-C, C-O, and C-P Bonds
• Reactions of Ketones with Low-Valent Lanthanides: Isolation and Reactivity of Lanthanide Ketyl and Ketone Dianion Complexes
• Organo Rare Earth Metal Catalysis for the Living Polymerizations of Polar and Nonpolar Monomers
• Polymer-Supported Rare Earth Catalysts Used in Organic Synthesis.