文摘
This review is a selection of research highlights since 2010 in two main areas of rare-earth catalysis, but it is not meant to be an exhaustive treatment. Part 1 (Sect. 2) deals with advances in intra- and intermolecular hydroamination, hydrophosphination, and hydrosilylation. Part 2 (Sect. 3) covers progress in the polymerization of 1,3-dienes, and it is split into three main subsections: cis-1,4-selective and trans-1,4-selective polymerization, the 3,4-selective polymerization of isoprene, and copolymerization reactions of 1,3-dienes with alkenes.