TRIS[N,N-BIS(TRIMETHYLSILYL)AMIDE]CERIUM(III)

Bright yellow crystalline powder

Tris[N,N-bis(trimethylsilyl)amide]cerium(III) is used as a reactant for synthesis of amidocerium(IV) oxides, Sterically encumbered N-heterocyclic carbene ligands, Lanthanide imidodiphosphinate complexes with electroluminescent properties, Lanthanide complexes of an oxazoline-phenoxide hybrid chelate. Some of the other applications include it is used as a reactant for One-electron oxidation to produce tetravalent cerium compounds, Addition-elimination reactions across the M-C bond of metal N-heterocyclic carbenes.