Selective carbon-phosphorus bond cleavage: expanding the toolbox for accessing bulky divalent lanthanoid sandwich complexes

The synthesis of two new tetra- and penta-phenycyclopentadi-enyldiphenylphosphine pro-ligands which readily undergo selective C-P bond cleavage has allowed for the facile synthesis of bulky divalent octa- and deca-phenylmetallocenes of europium, ytterbium and samarium.

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The synthesis of two new tetra- and penta-phenycyclopentadi-enyldiphenylphosphine pro-ligands has enabled the facile synthesis of bulky divalent octa- and deca-phenylmetallocenes of europium, ytterbium, and samarium by selective C-P bond cleavage.