Synthesis and reduction of [(C₅H₄SiMe₃)₂Ln(μ-OR)]₂ (Ln = La, Ce) complexes: structural effects of bridging alkoxides

Abstract

Alcoholysis of Cp′3Ln (Ln = La, Ce; Cp′ = C5H4SiMe3) generate high-yielding (72-97%) bimetallic LnIII complexes of Cp′2Ln(μ-OR)]2 [R = Et, iPr, or C6H4-4-tBu)]. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction of these complexes...