The synthesis of the first soluble organometallic Sm(II) complex, (C5Me5)2Sm(THF)2, and its unexpected bent, unsolvated analog, (C5Me5)2Sm, discoveries published in "Synthesis and X-ray Crystal Structure of a Soluble Divalent Organosamarium Complex" William J. Evans, Ira Bloom, William E. Hunter, and Jerry L. Atwood, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1981, 103, 6507-6508, and "Synthesis and Crystallographic Characterization of an Unsolvated, Monomeric Bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) Organolanthanide Complex, (C5Me5)2Sm William J. Evans, Laura A. Hughes, and Timothy P. Hanusa, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1984, 106, 4270-4272, respectively, have opened up a wealth of new chemistry in a variety of areas. This website lists the publications arising from these decamethylsamarocenes in laboratories around the world. If you are aware of papers that are missing from this list, please email wevans@uci.edu and we will incorporate them into this list.
PUBLICATIONS INVOLVING THE DECAMETHYLSAMAROCENES (C5Me5)2Sm(THF)2 AND (C5Me)2Sm
ALLINGER LAB (University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia)
"Molecular Mechanics Explanation of the Metallocene Bent Sandwich Structure," Tatjana V. Timofeeva, Jenn-Huei Lii, and Norman L. Allinger Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1995, 117, 7452-7459.
ANDERSEN LAB (University of California, Berkeley, California)
"Solution Infrared Spectroscopic Studies on Equilibrium Reactions of CO with the Decamethylmetallocenes Cp*2MII, Where MII = Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sm, Eu, Yb." Peter Selg, Hans H. Brintzinger, Madeline Schultz, and Richard A. Andersen Organometallics 2002, 21, 3100-3107.
BOSNICH LAB (University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois)
"Why are Bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) Complexes, [M(C5Me5)2], of Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Samarium, Europium, and Ytterbium Bent?" T. Keith Hollis, Jeremy K. Burdett, and B. Bosnich, Organometallics, 1993, 12, 3385-3386.
BOUDREAUX LAB (University of New Orleans, Louisiana)
"SC-MEH-MO Calculations on Lanthanide Systems. I. Sm(C5Me5)2, bis(Pentamethyl-Cyclopentadienyl)Sm(II)" Edward A. Boudreaux and Eric Baxter, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry: Quantum Chemistry Symposium 1994, 28, 565-569.
"Recent Applications of the SCMEH-MO Method to Electronic Structures and Bonding in Molecular f-orbital Systems," Edward A. Boudreaux, Recent Research Developments in Quantum Chemistry 2001, 2, 1-8.
EDELMANN LAB (University of Magdeburg, Germany)
"Organolanthanid(II)chemie: Reaktionen von Cp*2Sm(THF)2 mit 1,4-Diazadienen und Cyclooctatetraen" A. Recknagel, M. Noltemeyer, and F. Edelmann J. Organomet. Chem. 1991, 410, 53-61.
"Ein alter Ligand in neuer Umgebung: Dreifach verbrckendes O, O-Dimethyldithiophosphat im Organosamarium-Komplex [(C5Me5)Sm{S2P(OMe)2}2]2" Melanie Rieckhoff, Matthias Noltemeyer, Frank T. Edelmann, Ionel Haiduc, and Ioan Silaghi-Dumitrescu, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 1994, 469, C19-C21.
ENDO LAB (Kyoto University, Japan)
"Transformation of the cationic growing center of poly(tetrahydrofuran) into an anionic one by bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)samarium" Ryoji Nomura, Yuji Shibasaki, and Takeshi Endo Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 1998, 36(13), 2209-2214.
EVANS LAB (University of California, Irvine, CA)
"Tethered Olefin Studies of Alkene Versus Tetraphenylborate Coordination and Lanthanide Olefin Interactions in Metallocenes" William J. Evans,* Jeremy M. Perotti, Jason C. Brady, and Joseph W. Ziller Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003, 125, 5204-5212.
"Evaluation of a Silylene Divalent Lanthanide Interaction in the Metallocene Complex (C5Me5)2Sm[(SiNtBuCHCHNtBu)]"William J. Evans , Jeremy M. Perotti, Joseph W. Ziller, Daniel F. Moser, and Robert West Organometallics, 2003, 22, 1160-1163.
"Hydrolytic Reactivity of a Samarium(II) Organometallic Complex: Synthesis and Structure of a Hexametallic Organosamarium Oxide Hydroxide, [(C5Me5)Sm]6O9H6" William J. Evans, Nathan T. Allen, Michael A. Greci, and Joseph W. Ziller, Organometallics 2001, 20, 2936-2937.
"Reactivity of Decamethylsamarocenes with Trialkylaluminum Reagents Including the Structure of a Bridged Isobutylaluminum Complex, (C5Me5)2Sm[(m-CH2CHMe2)2Al(CH2CHMe2)2]" William J. Evans, John T. Leman, Robert D. Clark, and Joseph W. Ziller, Main Group Chemistry 2000, 23, 163-168.
"Bent vs Linear Metallocenes Involving C5Me5 vs C8H8 Ligands: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of the Triple Decked (C5Me5)(THF)xSm(C8H8)Sm(THF)x(C5Me5) (x = 0,1) Complexes
"Including a Formal Two Electron Oxidative Addition to a Single Lanthanide Metal Center" William J. Evans, Robert D. Clark, Mohammad A. Ansari, and Joseph W. Ziller, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1998, 120, 9555-9563.
"Isopropyltetramethylcyclopentadienyl Samarium Chemistry: Structural Studies of Divalent (C5Me4iPr)2Sm(THF) and Mixed Valent [(C5Me4iPr)2Sm]2(m-Cl), William J. Evans, Kevin J. Forrestal, and Joseph W. Ziller, Polyhedron 1998, 17, 4015-4021.
"Unsolvated Lanthanide Metallocene Cations [(C5Me5)2Ln][BPh4]: Multiple Syntheses, Structural Characterization, and Reactivity Including the Formation of (C5Me5)3Nd William J. Evans, Christopher A. Seibel, and Joseph W. Ziller, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1998, 120, 6745-6752.
"Organosamarium-Mediated Transformations of CO2 and COS: Mono-insertion and Disproportionation Reactions and the Reductive Coupling of CO2 to [O2CCO2]2-" William J. Evans, Christopher A. Seibel and Joseph W. Ziller, Inorganic Chemistry 1998, 37, 770-776.
"Metalation as a Termination Step in Polymerization Reactions Involving a-Olefins and Ethylene as Detected by Field Desorption Mass Spectrometry William J. Evans, Donna M. DeCoster, and John Greaves, Organometallics 1996, 15, 3210-3221.
"Synthesis and Reactivity of Organosamarium Diarylpnictide Complexes: Sm(II) Cleavage of Group 15 E-E and E-C Bonds" William J. Evans, John T. Leman, and Joseph W. Ziller, Inorganic Chemistry 1996, 35, 4238-4291.
"New Synthetic Routes to Tris(pentaalkylcyclopentadienyl) Lanthanide Complexes Including the X-ray Crystal Structure of (C5Me4Et)3Sm" William J. Evans, Kevin J. Forrestal, John T. Leman, and Joseph W. Ziller, Organometallics 1996, 15, 527-531.
"Gas Phase Chemistry of Bis(Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) Samarium" Joaquim Maralo, Antonio Pires de Matos, and William J. Evans, Organometallics 1996, 15, 345-349.
"Field Desorption Mass Spectrometry Studies of the Samarium-Catalyzed Polymerization of Ethylene Under Hydrogen" William J. Evans, Donna M. DeCoster, and John Greaves, Macromolecules 1995, 28, 7929-7936.
"The Reactivity of Sm(II) in a Bis(indenyl) Coordination Environment" William J. Evans, Tammy S. Gummersheimer, and Joseph W. Ziller, Applied Organometallic Chemistry 1995, 9, 437-447.
"Organosamarium Tetrathiometalate Chemistry: Synthesis and Structure of the Mixed Metal Complexes {[(C5Me5)2Sm]2Mo(m-S)4}- and [(C5Me5)2Sm(m-S)2WS2]-" William J. Evans, Mohammad A. Ansari, Joseph W. Ziller, and Saeed I. Khan, Organometallics 1995, 14, 3-4.
"Polymetallic Lanthanide Chemistry: Formation of a Selenium-Centered Hexasamarium Complex, [(C5Me5)2Sm]6Se11" William J. Evans, Gerd W. Rabe, Mohammad A. Ansari, and Joseph W. Ziller, Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English 1994, 33, 2110-2111; Angewandte Chemie 1994, 106, 2200-2201.
"Synthesis and X-ray Crystal Structure of Nitrogen Base Adducts of Decamethylsamarocene: (C5Me5)2Sm(NH2CMe3) and (C5Me5)2Sm(N-MeIm)2" William J. Evans, Gerd W. Rabe, and Joseph W. Ziller, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 1994, 483, 39-45.
"Copolymerization of Ethylene Carbonate and e-Caprolactone Using Samarium Complexes" William J. Evans and Hideo Katsumata, Macromolecules 1994, 27, 4011-4013.
"Synthesis and Structure of [(C5Me5)2Sm(THF)]2(m-h1:h1-C2)" William J. Evans, Gerd W. Rabe, and Joseph W. Ziller, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 1994, 483, 21-25.
"The Utility of Organosamarium(II) Reagents in the Formation of Polyatomic Group 16 Element Anions: Synthesis and Structure of [(C5Me5)2Sm]2(m-E3)(THF), [(C5Me5)2Sm(THF)]2(m-E) and Related Species (E = S, Se, Te)" William J. Evans, Gerd W. Rabe, Joseph W. Ziller, and Robert J. Doedens, Inorganic Chemistry 1994, 33, 2719-2726.
"Formation of a THF Adduct of the Organometallic Samarium Oxide, [(C5Me5)2Sm]2(m-O)" William J. Evans and Shirley L. Gonzales, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 1994, 480, 41-44.
"Polymerization of e-Caprolactone by Divalent Samarium Complexes" William J. Evans and Hideo Katsumata, Macromolecules 1994, 27, 2330-2332.
"Synthesis and Structure of New Soluble Organosamarium(II) Reagents: (Indenyl)2Sm(THF) and (Fluorenyl)2Sm(THF)2" William J. Evans, Tammy S. Gummersheimer, Timothy J. Boyle, and Joseph W. Ziller, Organometallics 1994, 13, 1281-1284.
"Reactivity of Decamethylsamarocene With Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons" William J. Evans, Shirley L. Gonzales, and Joseph W. Ziller, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1994, 116, 2600-2608.
"The Reactivity of (C5Me5)2Sm(THF)2 with Bis(2-pyridyl)ethene Including the Synthesis of [(C5Me5)2Sm]2(m-h2:h2-pyCHCHpy) from [(C5Me5)2Sm]2[m-h3:h3-1,2,3,4-(py)4C4H4] by Reductive C-C Bond Cleavage" William J. Evans, Roy A. Keyer, Gerd W. Rabe, Donald K. Drummond, and Joseph W. Ziller, Organometallics 1993, 12, 4664-4667.
"An Investigation of Organolanthanide-based Carbon Carbon Bond Formation: Synthesis, Structure, and Coupling Reactivity of Organolanthanide Alkynide Complexes Including the Unusual Structures of the Trienediyl Complex [(C5Me5)2Sm]2[m-h2:h2-Ph(CH2)2C=C=C=C(CH2)2Ph] and the Unsolvated Alkynide (C5Me5)(Me3CC)Sm(m-C5Me5)]2" William J. Evans, Roy A. Keyer, and Joseph W. Ziller, Organometallics 1993, 12, 2618-2633.
"Tetrahedral vs. Square Planar Arrangement of Cyclopentadienyl Ligands in Bimetallic Organosamarium Complexes. X-Ray Crystal Structure of [(C5H4Me)2(THF)Sm(m-Cl)]2" William J. Evans, Roy A. Keyer, and Joseph W. Ziller, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 1993, 450, 115-120.
"Synthesis and Structure of Mono-THF Solvates of Bis(cyclopentadienyl) Samarium(II) Complexes: (C5Me5)2Sm(THF) and [C5H2(SiMe3)3][C5H3(SiMe3)2]Sm(THF)" William J. Evans, Gabriele Kociok-Khn, Samuel E. Foster, Joseph W. Ziller, and Robert J. Doedens, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 1993, 444, 61-66.
"Achieving New Lanthanide Chemistry Within the Tetracyclopentadienyl Cavity Formed by Two (C5Me5)2Ln Moieties" William J. Evans, Journal Alloys and Compounds 1993, 192, 205-210.
"The Utility of (C5Me5)2Sm in Isolating Crystallographically Characterizable Zintl Ions. X-Ray Crystal Structure of a Complex of (Sb3)3-" William J. Evans, Shirley L. Gonzales, and Joseph W. Ziller, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications 1992, 1138-1139.
"Synthesis and Structure of a Mononuclear h2-Hydrazine Complex By Protonation of an [N2H2]2- Complex" William J. Evans, Gabriele Kociok-Khn, and Joseph W. Ziller, Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English 1992, 31, 1081-1082;Angewandte Chemie 1992, 104, 1114-1115.
"Reactivity of Hydrazines with Organometallic Samarium Complexes and the X-ray Crystal Structures of (C5Me5)2Sm(h2-PhNHNPh)(THF), (C5Me5)2Sm(NHPh)(THF), and [(C5Me5)2Sm]2(m-h2:h2-HNNH)" William J. Evans, Gabriele Kociok-Khn, Voon S. Leong, and Joseph W. Ziller, Inorganic Chemistry 1992, 31, 3592-3600.
"Organosamarium-Mediated Synthesis of Bismuth Bismuth Bonds: X-ray Crystal Structure of the First Dibismuth Complex Containing a Planar M2(m-h2:h2-Bi2) Unit" William J. Evans, Shirley L. Gonzales, and Joseph W. Ziller, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1991, 113, 9880-9882.
"Synthesis and X-ray Crystal Structure of the First Tris(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) Metal Complex: (h5-(C5Me5)3Sm" William J. Evans, Shirley L. Gonzales, and Joseph W. Ziller, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1991, 113, 7423-7424.
"Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation by Coupling of Two Phenylethynyl Ligands in an Organolanthanide System" William J. Evans, Roy A. Keyer, and Joseph W. Ziller, Organometallics 1990, 9, 2628-2631.
"Synthesis and Reactivity of the Cationic Organosamarium(III) Complex [(C5Me5)2Sm(THF)2][BPh4], Including the Synthesis and Structure of a Metallocene with an Alkoxy-Tethered C5Me5 Ring, (C5Me5)2Sm[O(CH2)4C5Me5](THF)" William J. Evans, Tamara A. Ulibarri, Linda R. Chamberlain, Joseph W. Ziller, and Daniel Alvarez, Jr., Organometallics 1990, 9, 2124-2130.
"Bis(h5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) Bis(tetrahydrofuran) Samarium(II)" William J. Evans and Tamara A. Ulibarri, Inorganic Synthesis 1990, 27, 155-157.
"Relative Reactivity of Decamethylsilicocene and Decamethylsamarocene: Reduction of (C5Me5)2SiCl2 by Sm(II) Reagents" William J. Evans, Tamara A. Ulibarri, and Peter Jutzi, Inorganica Chimica Acta 1990, 168, 5-6.
"Reactivity of (C5Me5)2Sm and Related Species with Alkenes: Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a Series of Organosamarium Allyl Complexes" William J. Evans, Tamara A. Ulibarri, and Joseph W. Ziller, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1990, 112, 2314-2324.
"Reactivity of (C5Me5)2Sm with Aryl-Substituted Alkenes: Synthesis and Structure of a Bimetallic Styrene Complex Which Contains an h2-Arene Lanthanide Interaction" William J. Evans, Tamara A. Ulibarri, and Joseph W. Ziller, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1990, 112, 219-223.
"Synthesis and X-ray Crystallographic Characterization of the Decamethylsamarocene Solvates (C5Me5)2Sm(OC5H8)2 and (C5Me5)2Sm(OC5H10)" William J. Evans and Tamara A. Ulibarri, Polyhedron 1989, 8, 1007-1014.
"Reductive Coupling of Pyridazine and Benzaldehyde Azine and Reduction of Bipyridine by (C5Me5)2Sm(THF)2" William J. Evans and Donald K. Drummond, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1989, 111, 3329-3335.
"Variable Coordination Numbers in Crystalline Bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) Samarium Oxide, Iodide and Alkoxide Complexes" William J. Evans, Donald K. Drummond, Laura A. Hughes, Hongming Zhang, and Jerry L. Atwood, Polyhedron 1988, 7, 1693-1703.
"Isolation and X-ray Crystal Structure of the First Dinitrogen Complex of an f-Element Metal, [(C5Me5)2Sm]2m-N2" William J. Evans, Tamara A. Ulibarri, and Joseph W. Ziller, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1988, 110, 6877-6879.
"Reactivity of Trimethylaluminum with (C5Me5)2Sm(THF)2: Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of the Samarium Methyl Complexes (C5Me5)2Sm[(m-Me)AlMe2(m-Me)]2Sm(C5Me5)2 and (C5Me5)2SmMe(THF)" William J. Evans, Linda R. Chamberlain, Tamara A. Ulibarri, and Joseph W. Ziller, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1988, 110, 6423-6432.
"Synthetic, Structural and Reactivity Studies of the Reduction and CO Derivatization of Azobenzene Mediated by Divalent Lanthanide Complexes" William J. Evans, Donald K. Drummond, Linda R. Chamberlain, Robert J. Doedens, Simon G. Bott, Hongming Zhang, and Jerry L. Atwood, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1988, 110, 4983-4994.
"Insertion of Two CO Moieties into an Alkene Double Bond to Form a RCH=C(O)C(O)=CHR2- Unit Via Organosamarium Activation� William J. Evans and Donald K. Drummond, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1988, 110, 2772-2774.
"Reactivity of Isocyanides with (C5Me5)2Sm(THF)2: Synthesis and Structure of Trimeric [(C5Me5)2Sm(CNC6H11)(m-CN)]3" William J. Evans and Donald K. Drummond, Organometallics 1988, 7, 797-802.
"Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of Organometallic Complexes of Sm(II)" William J. Evans, Inorganica Chimica Acta 1987, 139, 169-170.
"Synthesis and X-ray Crystal Structure of a Heterobimetallic Ethyl-Bridged Organoaluminum Complex:(C5Me5)2Sm(m-C2H5)2Al(C5H5)2" William J. Evans, Linda R. Chamberlain, and Joseph W. Ziller, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1987, 109, 7209-7211.
"Reactivity of (C5Me5)2Sm with Cyclopentadiene and Cyclopentadienide: Isolation of the Mixed Valent Complex (C5Me5)2SmIII(m-C5H5)SmII(C5Me5)2" William J. Evans and Tamara A. Ulibarri, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1987, 109, 4292-4297.
"Structural Diversity in Bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)lanthanide Halide Complexes. X-ray Crystal Structures of [(C5Me5)2SmCl]3 and (C5Me5)10Sm5Cl5[Me(OCH2CH2)4OMe]" William J. Evans, Donald K. Drummond, Jay W. Grate, Hongming Zhang, and Jerry L. Atwood, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1987, 109, 3928-3936.
"Synthesis and X-ray Crystal Structure of [(C5Me5)2Sm]2C4Ph2, A Samarium h2-Complex Derived from an Alkyne" William J. Evans, Roy A. Keyer, Hongming Zhang, and Jerry L. Atwood, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications 1987, 837-838.
"The Organometallic Chemistry of the Lanthanide Elements in Low Oxidation States" William J. Evans, Polyhedron 1987, 6, 803-835.
"Highly Reactive Organosamarium Chemistry Via Metal Vapor and Sm(II) Syntheses" William J. Evans, High-Energy Processes in Organometallic Chemistry; Kenneth S. Suslick, Ed.; American Chemical Society Symposium Series 1987, 333, 278-289.
"Samarium-Mediated Functionalization of N=N Bonds: Double Insertion of Carbon Monoxide into the N=N Bond of Azobenzene" William J. Evans and Donald K. Drummond, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1986, 108, 7440-7441.
"Reductive Distortion of Azobenzene by an Organosamarium(II) Reagent to Form [(C5Me5)2Sm]2(C6H5)2N2: An X-ray Crystallographic Snapshot of an Agostic Hydrogen Complex on an Ortho-Metalation Reaction Coordinate" William J. Evans, Donald K. Drummond, Simon G. Bott, and Jerry L. Atwood, Organometallics 1986, 5, 2389-2391.
"Synthesis and X-ray Crystal Structure of Bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) Complexes of Samarium and Europium: (C5Me5)2Sm and (C5Me5)2Eu" William J. Evans, Laura A. Hughes, and Timothy P. Hanusa, Organometallics 1986, 5, 1285-1291.
"Facile Stereospecific Synthesis of a Dihydroxyindenoindene Unit from an Alkyne and CO Via Samarium-Mediated CO and CH Activation" William J. Evans, Laura A. Hughes, Donald K. Drummond, Hongming Zhang, and Jerry L. Atwood, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1986, 108, 1722-1723.
"Synthesis and Characterization of the Samarium-Cobalt Complexes (C5Me5)2(THF)SmCo(CO)4 and [SmI2(THF)5][Co(CO)4]: X-ray Crystal Structure of a Seven-Coordinate Samarium(III) Cation Complex" William J. Evans, Ira Bloom, Jay W. Grate, Laura A. Hughes, William E. Hunter, and Jerry L. Atwood, Inorganic Chemistry 1985, 24, 4620-4623.
"Synthesis and Structure of an Organosamarium Aryloxide Complex, (C5Me5)2Sm(OC6HMe4-2,3,5,6)" William J. Evans, Timothy P. Hanusa, and Keith R. Levan, Inorganica Chimica Acta 1985, 110, 191-195.
"Reductive Homologation of CO to a Ketenecarboxylate by a Low-Valent Organolanthanide Complex: Synthesis and X-ray Crystal Structure of [(C5Me5)2Sm2(O2CCCO)(THF)]2" William J. Evans, Jay W. Grate, Laura A. Hughes, Hongming Zhang, and Jerry L. Atwood, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1985, 107, 3728-3730.
"Solution Synthesis and Crystallographic Characterization of the Divalent Organosamarium Complexes (C5Me5)2Sm(THF)2 and [(C5Me5)Sm(m-I)(THF)2]2" William J. Evans, Jay W. Grate, Henry W. Choi, Ira Bloom, William E. Hunter, and Jerry L. Atwood, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1985, 107, 941-946.
"Metal Vapor Synthesis of (C5Me5)2Sm(THF)2 and (C5Me4Et)2Sm(THF)2 and Their Reactivity with Organomercurial Reagents. Synthesis and X-ray Structural Analysis of (C5Me5)2Sm(C6H5)(THF)" William J. Evans, Ira Bloom, William E. Hunter, and Jerry L. Atwood, Organometallics 1985, 4, 112-119.
"Synthesis and X-ray Crystallographic Characterization of an Oxo-Bridged Bimetallic Organosamarium Complex, [(C5Me5)2Sm]2(m-O)" William J. Evans, Jay W. Grate, Ira Bloom, William E. Hunter, and Jerry L. Atwood, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1985, 107, 405-409.
"Synthesis and Crystallographic Characterization of an Unsolvated, Monomeric Bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) Organolanthanide Complex, (C5Me5)2Sm" William J. Evans, Laura A. Hughes, and Timothy P. Hanusa, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1984, 106, 4270-4272.
"Organolanthanide Hydride Chemistry. Reactivity of Low-Valent Samarium with Unsaturated Hydrocarbons Leading to a Structurally Characterized Samarium Hydride Complex" William J. Evans, Ira Bloom, William E. Hunter, and Jerry L. Atwood, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1983, 105, 1401-1403.
"Synthesis and X-ray Crystal Structure of a Soluble Divalent Organosamarium Complex" William J. Evans, Ira Bloom, William E. Hunter, and Jerry L. Atwood, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1981, 103, 6507-6508.
FUJIWARA LAB (Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan)
"Regio- and Stereochemistry on the Electrophilic Trapping of Allylic Samariums Generated by Reductive Cleavage of Allylic Ethers with (C5Me5)2Sm(THF)n" Ken Takaki, Takeshi Kusudo, Shinya Uebori, Tetsushi Nishiyama, Tohru Kamata, Masaki Yokoyama, Katsuomi Takehira, Yoshikazu Makioka, and Yuzo Fujiwara Journal of Organic Chemistry 1998, 63(13), 4299-4304.
"A facile generation of organosamarium h3-allyl complexes by reductive cleavage of allylic ethers with (C5Me5)2Sm(THF)n" Ken Takaki, Takeshi Kusodo, Shinya Uebori, Yoshikazu Makioka, Yuki Taniguchi, and Yuzo Fujiwara Tetrahedron Letters 1995, 36(9), 1505-8.
GREEN LAB (Oxford University, England)
"(Cyclopentadienyl)lanthanide compounds Ln(C5Me5)2 (Ln = samarium, europium, and ytterbium): photoelectron spectra and molecular orbital calculations" Jennifer C. Green, Detlef Hohl, and Notker Roesch Organometallics 1987, 6, 712-20.
"Electronic structure of bis(cyclopentadienyl) lanthanide compounds: photoelectron spectra and molecular orbital calculations" Richard A. Andersen, James M. Boncella, Carol J. Burns, Jennifer C. Green, Detlef Hohl, and Notker Roesch Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications 1986, 5, 405-7.
HANUSA LAB (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee)
"Structures of Ionic Decamethylmetallocenes: Crystallographic Characterization of (C5Me5)2Ca and (C5Me5)2Ba and a Comparison with Related Organolanthanide Species" R. A. Williams, T. P. Hanusa, and J. C. Huffman, Organometallics 1990, 9, 1128
HOFFMANN LAB (Cornell University, Ithaca, New York)
"Hydride Bridges Between LnCp2 Centers" J. V. Ortiz and R. Hoffmann, Inorganic Chemistry, 1985, 24, 2095-2104.
HOU LAB (RIKEN Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Saitama. Japan)
"(Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)lanthanide(II) Alkyl and Silyl Complexes: Synthesis, Structures, and Catalysis in Polymerization of Ethylene and Styrene" Hou, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Nishiura, M.; Wakatsuki, Y. Organometallics 2003, 22, 129-135.
"Study of Coordination and Insertion of Butadiene to Bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)samarium Hydride" Shojiro Kaita, Nobuaki Koga, Zhaomin Hou, Yoshiharu Doi, and Yasuo Wakatsuki Organometallics 2003, 22, 3077-3082.
"Lanthanide(II) Complexes Bearing Linked Cyclopentadienyl-Anilido Ligands: Synthesis, Structures, and One-Electron-Transfer and Ethylene Polymerization Reactions" Hou, Z.; Koizumi, T.; Nishiura, M.; Wakatsuki, Y. Organometallics 2001, 20, 3323-3328.
"(Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)samarium(II) Alkyl Complex with the Neutral "C5Me5K" Ligand: A Precursor to the First Dihydrido Lanthanide(III) Complex and a Precatalyst for Hydrosilylation of Olefins" Hou, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Tardif, O.; Wakatsuki, Y. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 9216-9217.
"Catalyst compositions and preparation of conjugated diene block or random polymers using the same" Shojiro Kaita, Zhaomin Hou, Yasuo Wakatsuki PCT Int. Appl. 2001, 30 pp.
"Stereospecific Polymerization of 1,3-Butadiene with Samarocene-Based Catalysis" Kaita, S.; Hou, Z.; Wakatsuki, Y. Macromolecules 1999, 32, 9078-9079.
"Polymerization of Styrene by Divalent Organolanthanide Catalysts under High Pressure" Yugen Zhang, Zhaomin Hou, and Yasuo Wakatsuki, Macromolecules 1999, 32, 939-941.
"Novel Heteroleptic Samarium(II) Complexes Bearing both Aryloxide and Pentamethylcyclopentadienide Ligands" Hou, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Yoshimura, T.; Wakatsuki, Y. Aida, Shojiro; Hou, Chao-min; Wakatsuki, Yasuo. Organometallics 1997, 16, 2963-2970.
ISHII LAB (Kansai University, Osaka, Japan)
"An Efficient Acylation of Tertiary Alcohols with Isopropenyl Acetate
"Mediated by an Oxime Ester and Cp*2Sm(thf)2" Daisuke Tashiro, Yumi Kawasaki, Satoshi Sakaguchi, and Yasutaka Ishii, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1997, 62, 8141-8144.
"A New Coupling Reaction of Vinyl Esters with Aldehydes Catalyzed by Organosamarium Compounds" Mitsuhiro Takeno, Shirou Kikuchi, Ken-Ichi Morita, Yutaka Nishiyama, and Yasutaka Ishii, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1995, 60, 4974-4975.
MARKS LAB (Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois)
"Organolanthanide-Centered Hydroamination/Cyclization of Amionoolefins. Expedient Oxidative Access to Catalytic Cycles" Michel R. Gagn, Steven P. Nolan, and Tobin J. Marks, Organometallics 1990, 9, 1716-1718.
"Organo-f-element thermochemistry. Absolute metal-ligand bond disruption enthalpies in bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)samarium hydrocarbyl, hydride, dialkylamide, alkoxide, halide, thiolate, and phosphide complexes. Implications for organolanthanide bonding and reactivity" Steven P. Nolan, David Stern, and Tobin J. Marks Journal of the American Chemical Society 1989, 111, 7844-53.
NIEF LAB (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France)
"Synthesis and Molecular Structure of Bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) Phospholyl- and Arsolylsamarium(III) Complexes: Influence of Steric and Electronic Factors" Francois Nief, and Louis Ricard Organometallics 2001, 20, 3884-3890.
NOLAN LAB (University of New Orleans, Louisiana)
"Synthesis and structural characterization of a tetranuclear organolanthanide hydrazido complex" Kuo Guang Wang, Edwin D. Stevens, and Steven P. Nolan Organometallics 1992, 11, 1011-13.
NOVAK LAB (North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina)
"Bimetallic samarium(III) catalysts via electron transfer initiation: the facile synthesis of well-defined (meth)acrylate triblock copolymers" Bruce M. Novak, and Lisa S. Boffa Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry) 1997, 38, 442-443.
QI LAB (Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Academia Sinica, China)
"Study on divalent organolanthanide catalysts for styrene polymerization -- catalytic activity affected by the substituent on the cyclopentadienyl ring" Tao Jiang, and Qi Shen Chinese Science Bulletin 1993, 38, 832-5.
SATTELBERGER LAB (Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico)
"Organo-f-element thermochemistry. Absolute metal-ligand bond disruption enthalpies in bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)samarium hydrocarbyl, hydride, dialkylamide, alkoxide, halide, thiolate, and phosphide complexes. Implications for organolanthanide bonding and reactivity" Alfred P. Sattelberger Chemtracts: Analytical, Physical, and Inorganic Chemistry 1990, 2(1), 38-41.
SCHLEYER LAB (University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany)
"The Equilibrium Structures of Monomeric Group 2 and Lanthanide(II) Metallocenes MCp2 (M = Ca, Sr, Ba, Sm, Eu, Yb) Studied by ab Initio Calculations" Martin Kaupp, Paul v. R. Schleyer, Michael Dolg, and Herman Stoll, Journal of the American Chemical Society 1992, 114, 8202-8208
SCHUMANN LAB (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
"The Influence of the Coordination Sphere of Samarocenes on the Synthesis of Liquid Crystalline Polymethacrylates" Glanz, M.; Dechert, S.; Schumann, H.; Wolff, D.; Springer, J. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2000, 626, 2467-2477.
"Organometallic compounds of the lanthanides. XLVI. Synthesis and crystallographic characterization of (C5Me5)2Sm(DME)" Swamy, S. Jagannatha; Loebel, Joerg; Pickardt, Joachim; Schumann, Herbert Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 1988, 353, 27-34.
TAKAKI LAB ( Hiroshima University, Japan)
"Selective C-O Bond Cleavage of Vinyl Ethers withCp*2Sm(thf)n Leading
to Vinylsamarium or Enolate Complexes" Ken Takaki, Masafumi Maruo,
Tohru Kamata, Yoshikazu Makioka, and Yuzo Fujiwara, Journal of Organic
Chemistry, 1996, 61, 8332-8334.
"Generation of Allenic Samarium Complexes from Propargylic Ethers and (C5Me5)2Sm(thf)2, and Their Electrophilic Trapping" Yoshikazu Makioka, Koji Kojama, Tetsushi Nishiyama, Ken Takaki, Yuki Taniguchi, and Yuzo Fujiwara Tetrahedron Letters 1995, 36(9), 6283-6286.
TILLEY LAB (University of California, Berkeley, California)
"Mechanistic Aspects of Samarium-Mediated s-Bond Activations of Arene C-H and Arylsilane Si-C Bonds" Castillo, Ivan; Tilley, T. Don Journal of the American Chemical Society 2001, 123(43), 10526-10534.
TRUDEAU LAB (Hydro Quebec Research Institute, Varennes, Canada)
"Synthesis and magnetic properties of decamethylsamarocene composites of mesoporous niobium oxide" He, Xun; Trudeau, Michel; Antonelli, David Journal of Materials Chemistry 2003, 13(1), 75-79.
TATSUMI LAB (Nagoya University, Japan)
"Extended Huckel MO Study on Electronic Structures of Samarocene" Complexes" Kazuyuki.Tatsumi, Kidorui, 1996, 28, 272-273.
UTSUMI LAB (Shizuoka University, Japan)
"Preparation of alkyl acrylate-alkyl methacrylate block copolymers" Utsumi, Naohiko; Ishiura, Kazunari. Jpn. Kokai Tokkyo Koho 1998, 9 pp.
YASUDA LAB (Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima, Japan)
"Biodegradation of copolymers composed of optically active L-lactide and (R)- or (S)-1-methyltrimethylene carbonate" Tsutsumi, Chikara; Yasuda, Hajime. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2001, 39, 3916-3927.
"Catalysts for olefin polymerization and manufacture of high-molecular-weight polyolefins therewith" Kibino, Nobuyuki; Yamamoto, Masakazu; Yasuda, Gen Jpn. Kokai Tokkyo Koho 1999, 5 pp.
"Manufacture of polyolefins with broad molecular weight distribution" Kibino, Nobuyuki; Yamamoto, Masakazu; Yasuda, Gen. Jpn. Kokai Tokkyo Koho 1999, 7 pp.
"Organolanthanide-Initiated Living Polymerizations of e-Caprolactone, d-Valerolactone, and b-Propiolactone" Yamashita, M.; Takemoto, Y.; Ihara, E.; Yasuda, H. Macromolecules 1996, 29, 1798-1806.
"Living Polymerizations and Copollymerizations of Alkyl Acrylates by the Unique Catalysis of Rare Earth Metal Complexes" Ihara, E.; Moriomoto, M.; Yasuda, H. Macromolecules 1995, 28, 7886-7892.
"Syntheses of Monodispersed Methyl Methacrylate Oligomers via Organolanthanide Complexes and Introduction of Hydroxyl Groups into the Oligomer" Ihara, E.; Taguchi, M.; Yasuda, H. Applied Organometallic Chemistry 1995, 9, 427-429.
"Synthesis of high molecular weight poly(methyl methacrylate) with extremely low polydispersity by the unique function of organolanthanide(III) complexes" Yasuda, Hajime; Yamamoto, Hitoshi; Yamashita, Masahiro; Yokota, Kiyohiko; Nakamura, Akira; Miyake, Shigenobu; Kai, Yasushi; Kanehisa, Nobuko Macromolecules 1993, 26(26), 7134-43.
"Synthesis of High Molecular Weight Poly(methyl methacrylate) with Extremely Low Polydispersity by the Unique Function of Organolanthanide(III) Complexes" Yasuda, H.; Yamamoto, H.; Yamashita, M. Macromolecules 1993, 26, 7134-7143.
"Synthesis of high molecular weight poly(methyl methacrylate) with extremely low polydispersity by the unique function of organolanthanide(III) complexes" Yasuda, Hajime; Yamamoto, Hitoshi; Yamashita, Masahiro; Yokota, Kiyohiko; Nakamura, Akira; Miyake, Shigenobu; Kai, Yasushi; Kanehisa, Nobuko. Macromolecules 1993, 26, 7134-43.
"Synthesis of Monodispersed High Molecular Weight Polymers and Isolation of an Organolanthanide(III) Intermediate Coordinated by a Penultimate Poly(MMA) Unit" Yasuda, H.; Yamamoto, H.; Yokota, K.; Miyake, S.; Nakamura, A. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1992, 114, 4908-4910.
"New Approach to Block Copolymerizations of Ethylene with Alkyl Methacrylates and Lactones by Unique Catalysis with Organolanthanide Complexes" Yasuda, H.; Furo, M.; Yamamoto, H. Macromolecules 1992, 25, 5115-5116.
"Preparation of polymers of unsaturated carboxylic acid esters with organometallic initiators" Hajime, Yasuda; Akira, Nakamura; Shigenobu, Miyake Eur. Pat. Appl. 1991, 11 pp.
