Boratabenzene Rare-Earth Metal Complexes
Peng Cui, Yaofeng Chen*, Coord. Chem. Rev. 2016, 314, 2−13. Invited for the special issue “Recent Developments in Organometallic Chemistry: 2016”)

(Boratabenzene)(Cyclooctatetraenyl)lanthanide Complexes: A New Type of Organometallic Single-Ion Magnet
Yinshan Meng, Chunhong Wang, Yiquan Zhang, Xuebing Leng, Bingwu Wang*, Yaofeng Chen*, Song Gao*, Inorg. Chem. Front. 2016, 3, 828−835.

稀土元素在生产和生活中的应用
茅炜清，王绍武，陈耀峰*, 化学教育 2016, 37, 1−6.

Substitution Reaction of Triphenylphosphine Oxide with Rare-Earth Metal Phosphido Methyl Complexes
Yingdong Lv, Jiliang Zhou, Xuebing Leng, Yaofeng Chen*, New J. Chem. 2015, 39, 7582−7588.(Invited for the themed issue entitled “Frontiers of Organo-f-element Chemistry”)

Mono(boratabenzene) Rare-Earth Metal Dialkyl Complexes: Synthesis, Structure and Catalytic Behaviors for Styrene Polymerization
Xiufang Wang, Xuebing Leng, Yaofeng Chen*, Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 5771−5776.

Tris(boratabenzene) lanthanum Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity
Chunhong Wang, Xuebing Leng, Yaofeng Chen*, Organometallics 2015, 34, 3216−3221.

A Scandium Complex Bearing Both Methylidene and Phosphinidene Ligands: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity
Jiliang Zhou, Tengfei Li, Laurent Maron*, Xuebing Leng, Yaofeng Chen*, Organometallics 2015, 34, 470−476.(ACS Editors’ Choice)

Lewis Acid Triggered Reactivity of a Lewis Base Stabilized Scandium-Terminal Imido Complex: C−H Bond Activation, Cycloaddition, and Dehydrofluorination
Jiaxiang Chu, Xianghan Hao, Christos E. Kefalidis, Jiliang Zhou, Laurent Maron*, Xuebing Leng, Yaofeng Chen* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 10894−10897.

Sixty Years of the Chemistry of Rare-Earth Organometallic Complexes
Changtao Qian*, Hongchun Wang, Yaofeng Chen*, Acta Chim. Sinica 2014, 72, 883−905.

Boron−Oxygen Bond Cleavage of Pinacolborane and Catechol-Borane Mediated by a Scandium Phosphinidene complex
Wei Wang, Yingdong Lv, Xiaofeng Guo*, Xuebing Leng, Yaofeng Chen*, Chin. J. Chem. 2014, 32, 752−756.(Special Issue: Dedicated to Prof. Lixin Dai and Prof. Chengye Yuan on the Occasion of their 90^th birthday)

Scandium Terminal Imido Complex Induced Intramolecular C−N Bond Cleavage and Transformation
Jiaxiang Chu, Qinghai Zhou, Yuxue Li, Xuebing Leng, Yaofeng Chen*, Sci. China: Chem. 2014, 57, 1098−1105.

An Yttrium Hydride-Silane Complex as a Structural Model for a σ-Bond Metathesis Transition State
Jiliang Zhou, Jiaxiang Chu, Yanyan Zhang, Guang Yang, Xuebing Leng, Yaofeng Chen*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 4243−4246.

Versatile Reactivity of a Four-Coordinate Scandium Phosphinidene Complex: Reduction, Addition, and CO Activation Reactions
Yingdong Lv, Christos E. Kefalidis, Jiliang Zhou, Laurent Maron*, Xuebing Leng, Yaofeng Chen*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 14784−14796.

Chameleon Behavior of a Newly Synthesized Scandium Nitrilimine Derivative
Jiaxiang Chu, Christos E. Kefalidis, Laurent Maron*, Xuebing Leng, Yaofeng Chen*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 8165−8168.

1-Methyl Boratabenzene Yttrium Alkyl: A Highly Active Catalyst for Dehydrocoupling of Me₂NH·BH₃
Erli Lu, Yuanyuan Yuan, Yaofeng Chen*, Wei Xia, ACS Catal. 2013, 3, 521−524.

Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Amido-Boratabenzene Complexes of Rare-Earth Metal and Zirconium and Chromium
Xiufang Wang, Weijie Peng, Peng Cui, Xuebing Leng, Wei Xia, Yaofeng Chen*, Organometallics 2013, 32, 6166−6169.

Rare-Earth Half-Sandwich Dialkyl and Homoleptic Trialkyl Complexes for Rapid and Stereoselective Polymerization of a Conjugated Polar Olefin
Yangjian Hu, Xiufang Wang, Yaofeng Chen*, Lucia Caporaso*, Luigi Cavallo*, Eugene Y.-X. Chen* Organometallics 2013, 32, 1459−1465.

Reversible Addition of the Si−H Bond of Phenylsilane to the Sc=N Bond of a Scandium Terminal Imido Complex
Jiaxiang Chu, Erli Lu, Yaofeng Chen*, Xuebing Leng, Organometallics 2013, 32, 1137−1140.

Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Heterogeneous Rare-Earth Metal Catalysts Coordinated with Multitopic Schiff-Base Ligands
Yilin Sun, Guangming Wu, Dinghai Cen, Yaofeng Chen*, Limin Wang*, Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 9682−9688.

Reactivity of Scandium Terminal Imido Complexes towards Metal Halides
Erli Lu, Qinghai Zhou, Yuxue Li, Jiaxiang Chu, Yaofeng Chen*, Xuebing Leng, Jie Sun, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 3403−3405.

C−P or C−H Bond Cleavage of Phosphine Oxides Mediated by an Yttrium Hydride
Erli Lu, Yaofeng Chen*, Jiliang Zhou, Xuebing Leng, Organometallics 2012, 31, 4574−4578.

Boratatrozircenes: Cycloheptatrienyl Zirconium Boratabenzene Sandwich Complexes-Evaluation of Potential η⁶η⁵ Hapticity Interconversions
Andreas Glöckner, Peng Cui, Yaofeng Chen*, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Peter G. Jones, Matthias Tamm* New J. Chem. 2012, 36, 1392−1398.

Well-Defined Soluble P3--Containing Rare-Earth-Metal Compounds
Yingdong Lv, Xin Xu, Yaofeng Chen*, Xuebing Leng, Maxim V. Borzov, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 11227−11229.

Reactivity of Scandium Terminal Imido Complex Towards Unsaturated Substrates
Jiaxiang Chu, Erli Lu, Zhixiao Liu, Yaofeng Chen*, Xuebing Leng, Haibin Song, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 7677−7680.

Scandium Terminal Imido Complex Induced C−H Bond Selenation and Formation of an Sc−Se Bond
Erli Lu, Jiaxiang Chu, Yaofeng Chen*, Maxim V. Borzov, Guangyu Li, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 743−745.

Monoalkyl and Monoanilide Yttrium Complexes Containing Tridentate Pyridyl-1-azaallyl Dianionic Ligands
Erli Lu, Wei Gan, Yaofeng Chen* Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 2366−2374.

Yttrium Anilido Hydride: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity
Erli Lu, Yaofeng Chen*, Xuebing Leng, Organometallics 2011, 30, 5433−5441.

Rapid Entry to Functionalized Boratabenzene Complexes through Metal-Induced Hydroboration at the Anionic 1-H-Boratabenzene Ligand
Yuanyuan Yuan, Xiufang Wang, Yuxue Li, Liyan Fan, Xin Xue, Yaofeng Chen*, Guangyu Li, Wei Xia, Organometallics 2011, 30, 4330−4341.

Versatile Reactivities of ansa-Heteroborabenzene Divalent Ytterbium Amide toward Alkali-Metal Salts and the Generation of Heterometallic Ytterbium-Alkali-Metal Boratabenzene Complexes
Peng Cui, Yaofeng Chen*, Guangyu Li, Wei Xia, Organometallics 2011, 30, 2012−2017.

One Frontier of the Rare-Earth Organometallic Chemistry: the Chemistry of Rare-Earth Metal Alkylidene, Imido and Phosphinidene Complexes
Zhixiao Liu, Yaofeng Chen*, Sci. Sinica Chim. 2011, 41, 304−313.

A Scandium Terminal Imido Complex: Synthesis, Structure and DFT Studies
Erli Lu, Yuxue Li, Yaofeng Chen*, Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 4469−4471.

Polymerization of Naturally Renewable Methylene Butyrolactones by Half-Sandwich Indenyl Rare Earth Metal Dialkyls with Exceptional Activity
Yangjian Hu, Xin Xu, Yuetao Zhang, Yaofeng Chen*, Eugene Y.-X. Chen*, Macromolecules 2010, 43, 9328−9336.

Synthesis and Structural Features of Boratabenzene Rare-Earth Metal Alkyl Complexes
Yuanyuan Yuan, Yaofeng Chen*, Guangyu Li, Wei Xia, Organometallics 2010, 29, 3722−3728.

Half-Sandwich Indenyl Rare Earth Metal Dialkyl Complexes: Syntheses, Structures, and Catalytic Activities of (1,3-(SiMe₃)₂C₉H₅)Ln(CH₂SiMe₃)₂(THF)
Xin Xu, Yaofeng Chen*, Jian Feng, Gang Zou, Jie Sun, Organometallics 2010, 29, 549−553.

Neodymium(III) Phosphinidene Complexes Supported by Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl and Hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate Ligands
Peng Cui, Yaofeng Chen*, Maxim V. Borzov, Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 6886−6890.

Single, Double and Triple Deprotonation of a β-Diketimine Bearing Pendant Pyridyl Group and the Corresponding Rare-Earth Metal Complexes
Xin Xu, Yaofeng Chen*, Gang Zou, Jie Sun, Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 3952−3958.

Synthesis, and Structural Characterization of Solvent-Free Divalent Ytterbium Bis(boratabenzene) and (Cyclopentadienyl)(boratabenzene) Complexes
Peng Cui, Yaofeng Chen*, Qiang Zhang, Guangyu Li, Wei Xia, J. Organomet. Chem. 2010, 695, 2713−2719.

Magnesium, Zinc, and Calcium Complexes Based on Tridentate Nitrogen Ligands: Synthesis, Structures, and Catalytic Activities to the Ring Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide
Xin Xu, Yaofeng Chen*, Gang Zou, Zhi Ma, Guangyu Li, J. Organomet. Chem. 2010, 695, 1155−1162.

Chain Transfer Reaction between Metal Complexes in Olefin Polymerization
Wei Gan, Wanli Nie*, Yaofeng Chen*, Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 29, 1200−1208.

Synthesis and Molecular Structure of a Tetrameric Neodymium-Silsesquioxane Cage Complex: {[i-C₄H₉]₇(Si₇O₁₂)Nd}₄NaCl}
Guangming Wu, Yaofeng Chen, Duan-Jun Xu, Jia-Chu Liu, Weilin Sun*, Zhiquan Shen*, J. Organomet. Chem. 2009, 694, 1571−1574.

Monoalkyllanthanide Complexes with New β-Diketiminato Derivative Dianionic Ligands
Erli Lu, Wei Gan, Yaofeng Chen*, Organometallics 2009, 28, 2318-2324.

Indenyl Abstraction versus Alkyl abstraction of [(Indenyl)ScR₂(thf)] by [Ph₃C][B(C₆F₅)₄]: Aspecific and Syndiospecific Styrene Polymerization
Xin Xu, Yaofeng Chen*, Jie Sun, Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 846-850.

An ansa-Heteroborabenzene Divalent Lanthanide Amide through C−H Bond Cleavage
Peng Cui, Yaofeng Chen*, Guangyu Li, Wei Xia, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 9944-9947.

An Unprecedented Lanthanide Phosphinidene Halide: Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity
Peng Cui, Yaofeng Chen*, Xin Xu, Jie Sun, Chem. Commun. 2008,5547-5549.

Reactions of Boratabenzene Yttrium Complexes with KN(SiMe₃)₂: Salt Elimination and π-Ligand Displacement
Yuanyuan Yuan, Yaofeng Chen*, Guangyu Li, Wei Xia, Organometallics 2008, 27, 6307-6312.

Divalent Ytterbium Boratabenzene Complex (C₅H₅BNPh₂)₂Yb(THF)₂: Synthesis, Structure, and Solvent-Mediated Redox Transformation
Peng Cui, Yaofeng Chen*, Guoping Wang, Guangyu Li, Wei Xia, Organometallics 2008, 27, 4013-4016.

Dialkyllanthanide Complexes Containing New Tridentate Monanionic Ligands with Nitrogen Donors
Xin Xu, Xiaoyan Xu, Yaofeng Chen*, Jie Sun, Organometallics 2008, 27, 758-763.

Boratabenzene Derivatives of Divalent Samarium: Syntheses, Structures and Catalytic Reactivities of (C₅H₅BXPh₂)₂Sm(THF)₂(X = N, P)
Peng Cui, Yaofeng Chen*, Xiaohua Zeng, Jie Sun, Guangyu Li, Wei Xia, Organometallics 2007, 26, 6519-6521.

A Zwitterionic Nickel-Olefin Initiator for the Preparation of High Molecular Weight Polyethylene
Yaofeng Chen, Brycelyn M. Boardman, Guang Wu, Guillermo C. Bazan*, J. Organomet. Chem. 2007, 692, 4745-4749.

Multi-Center Nature of Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts based on 2,6-Bis(imino)pyridyl Complexes of Iron and Cobalt
Yury V. Kissin*, Changtao Qian*, Guangyong Xie, Yaofeng Chen, J. Poly. Sci. A: Poly. Chem. 2006, 44, 6159-6170.

Tetraphenylborate as a Novel Bridging Ligand in a Zwitterionic Nickel(I) Dimer
Yaofeng Chen, Christine Sui-Seng, Davit Zargarian*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 7721-7725.

Remote Activation of Nickel Catalysts for Ethylene Oligomerization
Yaofeng Chen, Gang Wu, Guillermo C. Bazan*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 1108-1112.

Preparation and Characterization of Low Pressure Chemically Vapor Deposited Silicon Nitride Thin Films from Tris(diethylamino)chlorosilane and Ammonia
Xuejian Liu*, Yaofeng Chen, Huili Li, Xingwei Sun, Liping Huang, Thin Solid Films 2005, 479,137-143.

Selective Synthesis, Structure, and Catalytic Behavior of meso-Divalent 1,1’-(3-Oxapentamethylene)-Bridged Bis(indenyl)lanthanidocenes
Changtao Qian*, Gang Zou, Weihua Jiang, Yaofeng Chen, Jie Sun, Nan Li, Organometallics 2004, 23, 4980-4986.

Halogen-Substituted 2,6-Bis(imino)pyridyl Iron and Cobalt Complexes: Highly Active Catalysts for Polymerization and Oligomerization of Ethylene
Yaofeng Chen, Ruifang Chen, Changtao Qian*, Xicheng Dong, Jie Sun, Organometallics 2003, 22, 4312-4321.

Silica-Alumina Catalyst Support, an Efficient Catalyst for Synthesis of Halogen Substituted 2,6-Bis(imino)pyridines
Changtao Qian*, Feifeng Gao, Yaofeng Chen, Lijun Gao, Synlett 2003, 10, 419-1422.

Fluoro-Substituted 2,6-Bis(imino)pyridyl Iron and Cobalt Complexes: High-Activity Ethylene Oligomerization Catalysts
Yaofeng Chen, Changtao Qian*, Jie Sun, Organometallics 2003, 22, 1231-1236.

Synthesis of Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polystyrene with a Catalyst System Based on Calixarene-Yttrium Complex
Yaofeng Chen, Yifeng Zhang, Zhiquan Shen*, Chin. J. Chem. 2003, 21, 216-217.

Synthesis, Structute and Noncovalent Interactions of Palladium(II) Complexes with N-Benzoyl-β-phenylalaninate Dianion and Aromatic Diimine
Yaofeng Chen, Yuqiu Gong*, Huasong Zhang, Chin. J. Chem. 2002, 20, 570-575.

Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Catalytic Behavior of One-Atom Bridged Fluorenyl Cyclophentadienyl Lanthanocene Complexes with C_s- or C₁-Symmetry
Wanli Nie, Changtao Qian*, Yaofeng Chen, Jie Sun, J. Organomet. Chem. 2002, 647, 114-122.

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of One Carbon-Atom Bridged Lutetium Complex [Ph₂C(Flu)(Cp)]LuN(TMS)₂ and Catalytic Activity for Polymeri zation of Polar Monomers
Changtao Qian*, Wanli Nie, Yaofeng Chen, Jie Sun, Organometallics 2002, 645, 82-86.

Polymeric Chain Structures of Substituted (Dimethylfluorenylsilyl)cyclopentadienyl Lithium and Sodium Compounds
Wanli Nie, Changtao Qian*, Yaofeng Chen, Jie Sun, Organometallics 2001, 20, 5780-5783.

Synthesis, Structure, and Catalytic Behavior of rac-1,1’-(3-Oxapentamethylene)-Bridged Bis(indenyl) ansa-Lanthanidocenes
Changtao Qian*, Gang Zou, Yaofeng Chen, Jie Sun, Organometallics 2001, 20, 3106-3112.

稀土金属有机化学的最新进展
钱长涛*，陈耀峰，高飞峰, 有机化学 2001, 21, 997-1008.

Ethylene Polymerization Catalyzed by Rare Earth Calixarene Catalytic System
Yaofeng Chen, Yifeng Zhang, Zhiquan Shen*, Ruiqiang Kou, Linshen Chen, Eur. Polym. J. 2001,37, 1181-1184.

杯[4]芳烃钛-Al(iBu)₃体系催化乙烯聚合
陈耀峰，张一峰，沈之荃*，孙维林， 高分子学报 2000, 2, 239-241.

杯[8]芳烃钕-Al(iBu)₃体系催化乙烯聚合
沈之荃*，陈耀峰，张一峰，寇瑞强，陈林深， 高分子学报 1999, 20, 1982-1984.

Coordination Behavior of N-Benzoylamino Acids: Synthesis and Structure of Mixed-Ligand Complexes of Palladium(II) with N-Benzoylamino Acid Dianion and Diamine
Yuqiu Gong*, Yaofeng Chen, Jianming Gu, Xiurong Hu, Sci. China Chem. 1997, 40, 600-607.