Ln(ii) amido complexes coordinated by ring-expanded N-heterocyclic carbenes – promising catalysts for olefin hydrophosphination†
Abstract
First Ln(II) ring-expanded NHC complexes (er-NHC)Ln[N(SiMe3)2]2 (Ln = Sm, Yb) are synthesized and proved to be highly efficient pre-catalysts for the intermolecular hydrophosphination of such indolent substrates as 1-alkenes, cyclohexene and norbornene.