The salt metathesis reaction between one equivalent of SmI2(THF)2 and two equivalents of K(C5Me4H) in THF afforded single crystals of the unusual, toluene-soluble, and asymmetric bimetallic Sm(II)/Sm(II) complex, (C5Me4H)2SmII(μ-η3:η5-C5Me4H)SmII(C5Me4H)(THF)2, instead of the expected product, (C5Me4H)2SmII(THF)2. The toluene-insoluble products of this reaction can be worked up in 1,2-dimethoxyethane (DME) to provide X-ray quality crystals of the monomeric Sm(II) metallocene, (C5Me4H)2SmII(DME). (C5Me4H)2SmII(DME) can also be synthesized directly by the reaction between one equivalent of SmI2(THF)2 and two equivalents of K(C5Me4H) in neat DME. The isolation and characterization of the bimetallic Sm(II)/Sm(II) complex provides supporting evidence for the possible oligomerization that may occur during the synthesis of Sm(II) complexes with cyclopentadienyl ligands that are less sterically bulky and less solubilizing than (C5Me5)1−.
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Hydrothermal synthesis of new mixed-oxoanion materials: Rare earth iodate sulfates Sm(IO3)(SO4) and Ln2(IO3)3(SO4)OH·3H2O (Ln = Sm, Eu, Dy)
- Award ID(s):
- 1806279
- PAR ID:
- 10329285
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Solid State Sciences
- Volume:
- 129
- Issue:
- C
- ISSN:
- 1293-2558
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 106918
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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