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Synthesis And Reductive Chemistry Of Bimetallic And Trimetallic Rare-Earth Metallocene Hydrides With (C5h4sime3)1− Ligands, Megan T. Dumas, Guo P. Chen, Jasper Y. Hu, Mitchell A. Nascimento, Jeremy M. Rawson, Joseph W. Ziller, Filipp Furche, William J. Evans

Chemistry and Biochemistry Publications

The reductive chemistry of [Cp'₂Ln(μ–H)(THF)_x]_y [Ln = Y, Dy, Tb; Cp' = (C₅H₄SiMe₃)¹⁻; x = 2, 0 and y = 2, 3] was examined to determine if these hydrides would be viable precursors for 4fⁿ5d¹ Ln²⁺ ions that could form 5d¹-5d¹ metal–metal bonded complexes. The hydrides were prepared by reaction of the chlorides, [Cp'₂Ln(μ–Cl)]₂, 1-Ln, with allylmagnesium chloride to form the allyl complexes, [Cp'₂Y(η³–C₃H_{5 …}