Expanding Reductive Chemistry and Oxidation State Variability Using the Synthetic Chemistry of the Rare-Earth Metals

With the support of the Chemical Synthesis (SYN) program in the Division of Chemistry, Professor William Evans of the University of California, Irvine, is studying the development of the unique properties of the rare-earth elements, i.e. scandium, yttrium, and the lanthanides, while training students in the chemistry of these strategically…