Selective carbon-phosphorus bond cleavage: expanding the toolbox for accessing bulky divalent lanthanoid sandwich complexes†
Abstract
The synthesis of two new tetra- and penta-phenycyclopentadienyldiphenylphosphine 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.