Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl and bis(trimethylsilyl)amido complexes of the di- and trivalent lanthanides

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5194513· OSTI ID:5194513

Tilley, T D

The reaction of the divalent iodides YbI/sub 2/ and EuI/sub 2/ with NaN(SiMe/sub 3/)/sub 2/ has provided pentane-soluble, monomeric derivatives of the divalent lanthanides. These compounds are isolated as the solvated species Eu(N(SiMe/sub 3/)/sub 2/)/sub 2/L/sub 2/ (L = thf or 1,2-dme), Yb(N(SiMe/sub 3/)/sub 2/)/sub 2/(thf)/sub 1/ /sub 5/ and Yb(N(SiMe/sub 3/)/sub 2/)/sub 2/L/sub 2/ (L = 1,2-dme or OEt/sub 2/), or as the sodium salts NaM(N(SiMe/sub 3/)/sub 2/)/sub 3/ (M = Eu or Yb). The pentamethylcyclopentadienyl ligand has been used to obtain trivalent derivatives of the type (C/sub 5/Me/sub 5/)/sub 2/MCl/sub 2/M'L/sub x/ (M = Nd, Sm or Yb; M' = Li or Na; L = OEt/sub 2/ or tmed) or (C/sub 5/Me/sub 5/)/sub 2/MCl(thf) (M = Nd or Yb). These compounds undergo metathesis reactions. The interaction of NaC/sub 5/Me/sub 5/ with EuCl/sub 3/ yields only the divalent (C/sub 5/Me/sub 5/)/sub 2/EuL (L = thf or OEt/sub 2/). Analogous compounds of ytterbium are obtained by reaction of YbI/sub 2/ with NaC/sub 5/Me/sub 5/ in thf or OEt/sub 2/. The ytterbium amine complexes are weakly paramagnetic, apparently due to charge transfer from ytterbium to the aromatic rings. The divalent phosphine complexes (C/sub 5/Me/sub 5/)/sub 2/ML (M = Eu or Yb; L = dmpe or dmpm) are also described. Crystallographic data are summarized.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5194513
• Report Number(s): LBL-13155; ON: DE82014272
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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ALKENES
AMIDES
AMINES
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMPLEXES
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
CYCLOALKENES
ETHERS
EUROPIUM COMPLEXES
HYDROCARBONS
LIGANDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOSPHINES
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
RARE EARTH COMPLEXES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
STRUCTURAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
SYNTHESIS
YTTERBIUM COMPLEXES