SmCl
3(
THF)
3 (THF =
te
trahydrofuran) reac
ts wi
th anionic dialky
lamidesR
2N
- [R = Cy (cyclohexyl),i-Pr(isopropyl), Ph (phenyl)]
to give differen
t produc
ts, depending on
thena
ture of
the R subs
ti
tuen
ts. Reac
tion wi
thCy
2NLi in a 1:2 molar ra
tio formed[(Cy
2N)
2Sm(
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ti
ties/mgr.gif">-Cl)(THF)]
2(
1) in 80% yield, whereas reac
tion wi
th(i-Pr)
2NLiunder similar condi
tions gave[(i-Pr
2N)
2SmCl
3(Li(TMEDA))
2](
2). Par
tial loss of THF from complex
1reorganized
the molecule in
to
the
te
tranuclear(Cy
2N)
6Sm
4Cl
6(THF)
2(
3). A
ttemp
ts
to reduce complex
1 wi
th anumber ofreagen
ts gave[(Cy
2N)
3SmTHF]·
toluene(
5), while[(Cy
2N)
4SmLi(THF)] (
4)was isola
ted upon alkyla
tion reac
tionscarried ou
t wi
th ei
ther NpLi or NfLi [Np =CH
2C(CH
3)
3; Nf =CH
2C(CH
3)
2Ph]. Direc
tsyn
thesis of Sm(II)amides from SmI
2(THF)
2 s
tar
ting ma
terialwas successful only in
the case of dipheny
lamide anion(Ph
2N
-).Depending on
the s
toichiome
try, -a
te(Ph
2N)
4Sm[Na(TMEDA)]
2(
6) or neu
tral[(Ph
2N)
2Sm(THF)
4]·THF(
7) wasob
tained. The crys
tal s
truc
tures of
1-
7were demons
tra
ted by X-ray diffrac
tion analysis. Crys
tal da
ta areasfollows.
1:C
56H
105N
4O
2Sm
2Cl
2,
triclinic,
P![](/images/en<font color=)
ti
ties/onemacr.gif">,
a = 14.344(1) Å,
b = 23.897(2) Å,
c = 10.2031(9)Å,
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=88.479(9)
![](/images/en<font color=)
ti
ties/deg.gif">,
![](/images/gifchars/be<font color=)
ta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 121.83(1)
![](/images/en<font color=)
ti
ties/deg.gif">,
![](/images/gifchars/gamma.gif)
= 93.73(1)
![](/images/en<font color=)
ti
ties/deg.gif">,
Z = 2.
2:C
24H
60N
6SmCl
3Li
2triclinic,
P![](/images/en<font color=)
ti
ties/onemacr.gif">,
a = 11.552(1) Å,
b =15.483(1) Å,
c = 11.330(1) Å,
![](/images/gifchars/alpha.gif)
=101.69(1)
![](/images/en<font color=)
ti
ties/deg.gif">,
![](/images/gifchars/be<font color=)
ta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 106.13(1)
![](/images/en<font color=)
ti
ties/deg.gif">,
![](/images/gifchars/gamma.gif)
= 88.89(2)
![](/images/en<font color=)
ti
ties/deg.gif">.
3:C
80H
148N
6Cl
6O
2Sm
4,
triclinic,
P![](/images/en<font color=)
ti
ties/onemacr.gif">,
a = 16.508(1) Å,
b= 16.7795(9) Å,
c = 16.4030(8) Å,
![](/images/gifchars/alpha.gif)
=89.794(1)
![](/images/en<font color=)
ti
ties/deg.gif">,
![](/images/gifchars/be<font color=)
ta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 88.688(2)
![](/images/en<font color=)
ti
ties/deg.gif">,
![](/images/gifchars/gamma.gif)
=79.531(1)
![](/images/en<font color=)
ti
ties/deg.gif">,
Z = 2.
4:C
56H
106N
4O
2LiSm,or
thorhombic,
Pna2
1,
a =16.6145(9) Å,
b = 17.5858(9) Å,
c= 19.7754(9) Å,
V = 5778.0(9) Å
3,
Z = 4.
5:C
47H
82N
3OSm, monoclinic,
P2
1/
c,
a =10.250(2) Å,
b = 23.305(2) Å,
c =19.088(1) Å,
![](/images/gifchars/be<font color=)
ta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 100.90(1)
![](/images/en<font color=)
ti
ties/deg.gif">,
Z = 4.
6:C
60H
72N
8SmNa
2,
te
tragonal,
I4
1/
acd,
a =18.0004(9) Å,
c = 34.106(1) Å,
Z= 8.
7:C
44H
60N
2O
5Sm,monoclinic,
C2,
a = 19.066(1) Å,
b = 11.932(1) Å,
c = 9.200(1) Å,
![](/images/gifchars/be<font color=)
ta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 93.89(1)
![](/images/en<font color=)
ti
ties/deg.gif">,
Z = 2.