Elucidating the Impact of Rare Earth or Transition Metal Identity on the Physical and Electronic Structural Properties of a Series of Redox-Active Tris(amido) Complexes.

The use of redox-active ligands with the f-block elements has been employed to promote unique chemical transformations and explore their unique emergent electronic properties for a myriad of applications. In this study, we report eight new tris(amido) metal complexes: ( = Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb), , and (an early transition metal analogue). The one-electron oxidation of the tris(amido) ligand was conducted to generate semi-iminato complexes , , and , and these complexes were studied using EPR.