Non-metallocene rare-earth organometallic derivatives: synthesis, structure and application in the catalysis of transformations of unsaturated substrates

The review summarises advances in the post-metallocene chemistry of rare-earth organometallic compounds. The synthesis, structures and reactivities of complexes containing metal–carbon and metal–hydrogen bonds and stabilised by N-, P- or O-donor ligands are considered. The catalytic activities of these compounds in alkene polymerisation, hydroamination, hydrosilylation and hydroboration are discussed.