Organometallic Chemistry of the Lanthanide Metals

This charpter summerized the main progress in organolanthanide chemistry in recent years, including the synthesis and reactivity of organolanthanide π-complexes stablized by cyclopentadienyl and substituted cyclopentadienyl as well as allyl groups, lanthanide alkyls, hydrides, cationic alkyl complexes, N-heterocyclic carbene complexes supported by cyclopentadienyl and non-cyclopentadienyl groups, non-class divalent lanthanide metals complexes and sterically induced reduction chemistry, and tetravalent cerium complexes, as well as their applications as homogenous catalysts in organic transformation and polymerization.