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Rare-earth dialkyl and dihydride complexes bearing monoanionic ancillary ligands

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CHENG JianHua received his Ph.D. from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (2003), Chinese Academy of Sciences, under the supervision of Prof. HUANG BaoTong and Prof. CHEN WenQi. He then undertook postdoctoral research in the group of Prof. Joe Takats at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. He joined RIKEN as a Special Foreign Postdoctoral Researcher (FPR) in 2009. His research interests focus on the synthesis and development of highly reactive rare-earth organometallic complexes.

HOU ZhaoMin received his PhD in chemistry from Kyushu University (Japan) in 1989. After postdoctoral experiences at RIKEN (Japan) (1989–1991) and the University of Windsor (Canada) (1991–1993), he joined RIKEN as a Research Scientist in 1993, and was promoted to Chief Scientist in 2002. Since then, he has been directing the Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory at RIKEN. His current research interests include the development of novel catalysts for precision polymerization and efficient, selective organic synthesis, activation and functionalization of C-H bonds and small molecules, and studies of multimetallic hydride clusters and novel organic EL materials.

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Cheng, J., Hou, Z. Rare-earth dialkyl and dihydride complexes bearing monoanionic ancillary ligands. Sci. China Chem. 54, 2032–2037 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-011-4439-z

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