Unique selectivity of rare-earth metal ambiphilic carbenes towards organic molecules and novel reactivity patterns with isonitriles
Chai, Fuxiang; Wu, Weikang; Rajeshkumar, Thayalan; Huang, Zeming; Yuan, Qingbing; Wei, Yun; Maron, Laurent; Wang, Shaowu; Chemical Science 16 (2025) 11870–11887; doi:10.1039/D5SC01502B

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_publ_section_title
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 Unique selectivity of rare-earth metal ambiphilic carbenes towards
 organic molecules and novel reactivity patterns with isonitriles
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_journal_issue                   26
_journal_name_full               'Chemical Science'
_journal_page_first              11870
_journal_page_last               11887
_journal_paper_doi               10.1039/D5SC01502B
_journal_volume                  16
_journal_year                    2025
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Olex2 1.3
(compiled 2020.11.12 svn.r5f609507 for OlexSys, GUI svn.r6408)
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2025-01-26 deposited with the CCDC.	2025-05-23 downloaded from the CCDC.
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_diffrn_reflns_av_unetI/netI     0.0749
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SADABS-2016/2 (Bruker,2016/2) was used for absorption correction.
wR2(int) was 0.1176 before and 0.0779 after correction.
The Ratio of minimum to maximum transmission is 0.5920.
The \l/2 correction factor is Not present.
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_exptl_crystal_colour            colourless
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'w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0089P)^2^+1.8269P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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'Adding full bibliography for 1574708--1574717.cif.'
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_olex2_refinement_description
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1. Fixed Uiso
 At 1.2 times of:
  All C(H) groups, All C(H,H) groups, All C(H,H,H,H) groups
 At 1.5 times of:
  All C(H,H,H) groups
2. Uiso/Uaniso restraints and constraints
C15 \\sim C16 \\sim C17 \\sim C18 \\sim N4 \\sim C16A \\sim C17A \\sim C18A
\\sim N4A: within 2A with sigma of 0.01 and sigma for terminal atoms of 0.02
within 2A
C27 \\sim C28 \\sim C29 \\sim C30 \\sim C27A \\sim C28A \\sim C29A \\sim C30A
\\sim O1: within 2A with sigma of 0.01 and sigma for terminal atoms of 0.02
within 2A
Si2 \\sim C24 \\sim C25 \\sim C26 \\sim C24A \\sim C25A \\sim C26A: within 2A
with sigma of 0.01 and sigma for terminal atoms of 0.02 within 2A
3. Same fragment restrains
{C15, C16A, C17A, C18A, N4A} sigma for 1-2: 0.01, 1-3: 0.02
as in
{C15, C16, C17, C18, N4}
{O1, C27A, C28A, C29A, C30A} sigma for 1-2: 0.01, 1-3: 0.02
as in
{O1, C27, C28, C29, C30}
{Si2, C24A, C25A, C26A} sigma for 1-2: 0.01, 1-3: 0.02
as in
{Si2, C24, C25, C26}
4. Others
 Sof(H15C)=Sof(H15D)=Sof(C16A)=Sof(H16C)=Sof(H16D)=Sof(C17A)=Sof(H17D)=
 Sof(H17E)=Sof(H17F)=Sof(C18A)=Sof(H18D)=Sof(H18E)=Sof(H18F)=Sof(N4A)=1-FVAR(1)
 Sof(H15A)=Sof(H15B)=Sof(C16)=Sof(H16A)=Sof(H16B)=Sof(C17)=Sof(H17A)=Sof(H17B)=
 Sof(H17C)=Sof(C18)=Sof(H18A)=Sof(H18B)=Sof(H18C)=Sof(N4)=FVAR(1)
 Sof(C24A)=Sof(H24D)=Sof(H24E)=Sof(H24F)=Sof(C25A)=Sof(H25D)=Sof(H25E)=
 Sof(H25F)=Sof(C26A)=Sof(H26D)=Sof(H26E)=Sof(H26F)=1-FVAR(2)
 Sof(C24)=Sof(H24A)=Sof(H24B)=Sof(H24C)=Sof(C25)=Sof(H25A)=Sof(H25B)=Sof(H25C)=
 Sof(C26)=Sof(H26A)=Sof(H26B)=Sof(H26C)=FVAR(2)
 Sof(C27A)=Sof(H27C)=Sof(H27D)=Sof(C28A)=Sof(H28C)=Sof(H28D)=Sof(C29A)=
 Sof(H29C)=Sof(H29D)=Sof(C30A)=Sof(H30C)=Sof(H30D)=1-FVAR(3)
 Sof(C27)=Sof(H27A)=Sof(H27B)=Sof(C28)=Sof(H28A)=Sof(H28B)=Sof(C29)=Sof(H29A)=
 Sof(H29B)=Sof(C30)=Sof(H30A)=Sof(H30B)=FVAR(3)
5.a Secondary CH2 refined with riding coordinates:
 C9(H9A,H9B), C11(H11A,H11B), C12(H12A,H12B), C15(H15A,H15B), C15(H15C,H15D),
 C16(H16A,H16B), C19(H19A,H19B), C23(H23A,H23B), C27(H27A,H27B), C28(H28A,H28B),
  C29(H29A,H29B), C30(H30A,H30B), C16A(H16C,H16D), C27A(H27C,H27D), C28A(H28C,
 H28D), C29A(H29C,H29D), C30A(H30C,H30D)
5.b Aromatic/amide H refined with riding coordinates:
 C4(H4), C5(H5), C6(H6), C7(H7)
5.c Idealised Me refined as rotating group:
 C10(H10A,H10B,H10C), C13(H13A,H13B,H13C), C14(H14A,H14B,H14C), C17(H17A,H17B,
 H17C), C18(H18A,H18B,H18C), C20(H20A,H20B,H20C), C21(H21A,H21B,H21C), C22(H22A,
 H22B,H22C), C24(H24A,H24B,H24C), C25(H25A,H25B,H25C), C26(H26A,H26B,H26C),
 C17A(H17D,H17E,H17F), C18A(H18D,H18E,H18F), C24A(H24D,H24E,H24F), C25A(H25D,
 H25E,H25F), C26A(H26D,H26E,H26F)
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_olex2_submission_special_instructions 'No special instructions were received'