“Self-Assembly” in Organolanthanide Chemistry: Formation of Rings and Clusters

Hydrolytic Reactivity of a Samarium(II) Organometallic Complex: Synthesis and Structure of a Hexametallic Organosamarium Oxide Hydroxide, [(C5Me5)Sm]6O9H6

“…We now report that the main product of the reaction is a hexametallic hydroxide oxide complex. This result adds to the growing list of polymetallic organolanthanide structures that have recently been reported in the literature and also correlates well with the octametallic yttrium system, Y 8 O 4 Cl 18 Li 2 (THF) 12 , identified from an YCl 3 /RLi alkylation system upon hydrolysis…”