Hydrated neodymium nitrates can be readily transformed to anhydrous ether solvates which react with cyclopentadienylreagents to make organometallic nitrate complexes with variable degrees of oligomerization. Heating Nd(NO
3)
3(H
2O)
6 in tetrahydrofuran at reflux, removal of solvent, drying at 100
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C under high vacuum, and addition of hotTHF generates Nd(NO
3)
3(THF)
3,
1. Using dimethoxyethane, Nd(NO
3)
3(DME)
2,
2, can be obtained similarly. Additionof NaC
5Me
5 to
1 generates (C
5Me
5)Nd(NO
3)
3(THF)Na(THF)
x complexes which crystallize as {[(C
5Me
5)(NO
3)
2Nd(THF)(
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-NO
3)]
2Na(THF)
4}[Na(THF)
6],
3, or [(C
5Me
5)Nd(THF)(
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-NO
3)
3Na(THF)
2]
n,
4, depending on the conditions
.The trimetallic Nd
2Na unit in
3 forms an extended system in
4 via bridging nitrates
. Addition of KC
5Me
5 and 18-crown-6 to
1 generates another extended complex [(C
5Me
5)Nd(THF)(NO
3)(
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-NO
3)
2K(18-crown-6)]
n,
5, in which an18-crown-6 ligated potassium links neodymium centers via two bridging nitrates and an agostic interaction betweena C
5Me
5 methyl group and potassium.