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Title: A monomeric solvent-free bent lanthanide dialkyl and a lanthanide analogue of a Grignard reagent. Crystal structures of Yb[l brace]C(SiMe[sub 3])[sub 3][r brace][sub 2] and [Yb[l brace]C(SiMe[sub 3])[sub 3][r brace]I[center dot]OEt[sub 2]][sub 2]

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00105a065· OSTI ID:6604651
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  1. Univ. of Sussex, Brighton (United Kingdom)

There is much current interest in the organometallic chemistry of the f-block elements. Considerable progress has been made in developing the chemistry of the +3[sub la] and 0[sub lb] oxidation states: work on the +2 oxidation state has been mainly concerned with polyhapto ligands, especially substituted cyclopentadienyls. We report the synthesis and crystal structure of bis[l brace]tris-(trimethylsilyl)methyl[r brace] ytterbium, Yb[l brace]C(SiMe[sub 3])[sub 3][r brace][sub 2], obtained in good yield as a highly air- and moisture-sensitive orange solid from the reaction between YbI[sub 2] and K[l brace]C(SiMe[sub 3])[sub 3][r brace][sup 5] in benzene, and the determination of its crystal structure. As far as we are aware this is the first solvent-free dialkyl lanthanide to be characterized. We also describe the preparation and structure of an Yb analogue of a Grignard reagent; these have been used in synthesis but have not previously been isolated. The most interesting and surprising feature of the solid-state structure is that the C-Yb-C angle is 137[degree]. 19 refs., 2 figs.

OSTI ID:
6604651
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society; (United States), Vol. 116:26; ISSN 0002-7863
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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