%0 Generic %A Cui, Peng %A Chen, Yaofeng %A Wang, Guoping %A Li, Guangyu %A Xia, Wei %D 2008 %T Divalent Ytterbium Boratabenzene Complex (C5H5BNPh2)2Yb(THF)2: Synthesis, Structure, and Solvent-Mediated Redox Transformation %U https://acs.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Divalent_Ytterbium_Boratabenzene_Complex_C_sub_5_sub_H_sub_5_sub_BNPh_sub_2_sub_sub_2_sub_Yb_THF_sub_2_sub_Synthesis_Structure_and_Solvent_Mediated_Redox_Transformation/2922118 %R 10.1021/om800245u.s001 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/5342269 %K C 5 H 5 BNPh 2 %K redox process %K divalent ytterbium %K Yb %K trivalent ytterbium %K Divalent Ytterbium Boratabenzene Complex %X The boratabenzene derivative of divalent ytterbium complex (C5H5BNPh2)2Yb(THF)2 (1) was synthesized and characterized. Reaction of 1 with α-diimine PhNC(Me)C(Me)NPh in toluene afforded a trivalent ytterbium complex, [C5H5BNPh2]2Yb[PhNC(Me)C(Me)NPh] (2), which was characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The redox process is solvent sensitive and reversible. %I ACS Publications