Ying-Zhao Ma

Abstract Click to copy section linkSection link copied! In recent years, there has been intensive interest in synthesizing and characterizing rare earth inverse-sandwich arene complexes due to their intriguing structural and electronic properties, and they can be exploited as low-valent synthons similar to divalent rare earth compounds.

In memory of Professor Herbert W. Roesky. Ying-Zhao Ma, Jiahuan Yu, and Anna Yu contributed equally to this work. Y. Z.Ma, J.Yu, and A.Yu, et al., Angewandte Chemie International Edition ((2026): e25132, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202525132 Conflicts of Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Data Availability Statement The data that support the findings of this study are available in the Supporting information of this article.

AbstractThe reaction of [(DippForm)2Ln(thf)2] with an excess of elemental sulfur in toluene resulted in the formation of the trinuclear polysulfide coordination clusters [(DippForm)3Ln3S12] (Ln=Sm, Yb; DippForm=N,N?-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)formamidinate). These are the first f?element coordination clusters (LnnSx) with a larger polysulfide unit (n and x>2). The formation of the coordination clusters can be rationalized by the reductive cleavage of S8 with divalent lanthanides.