US EPA

1440752 

Journal Article 

f-Element-metal bond chemistry 

Patel, D; Liddle, ST 

2012 

1 

Reviews in Inorganic Chemistry
ISSN: 0193-4929 

32 

1 

1-22 

10.1515/REVIC.2012.0001 

WOS:000305151100001 

Compared to the overwhelming prevalence of f-element carbon, -nitrogen, -oxygen or -halide ligand linkages, the use of metal-based fragments as
ligands is underdeveloped. This contrasts directly to the extensively developed fields of d- and
p-block metal-metal complexes, which are still burgeoning. This review outlines the development
of compounds that possess polarised covalent f-element-metal bonds. For this review, the f-
element is defined as (i) a group 3 metal; (ii) a lanthanide metal; (iii) the actinide metals
thorium or uranium. The metal is defined as: (i) a d-block transition metal; (ii) a group 13
metal (aluminium or gallium); (iii) a group 14 metal (silicon, germanium or tin); (iv) a group 15
metal (antimony or bismuth) metal. Although silicon, germanium and antimony are traditionally
classified as metalloids, they are included for completeness. We focus on complexes that have
been structurally authenticated by single crystal X-ray diffraction, and we highlight novel
aspects of their syntheses, properties and reactivities. 

bonding; f-element; metal-metal bonds