A new methylene-bridged
ligand incorporating both indenyl and pyrrolyl moieties, (C
9H
7)CH
2(
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-C
4H
3NH) (
1), was prepared. Reaction of LnI
2 with 1 equiv of [(C
9H
6)CH
2(
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-C
4H
3N)]Li
2(THF)
x in THF,followed by recrystal
lization in DME, gave the organolanthanide(II) complexes {(
5-C
9H
6)CH
2[
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-
1:
5-(
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-C
4H
3N)]Ln(DME)}
2 (Ln = Sm (
2), Yb (
3)) in mederate yields. Treatment of SmCl
3 with 1 equivof [(C
9H
6)CH
2(
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-C
4H
3N)]Li
2(THF)
x in THF gave the trivalent organosamarium chloride {(
5-C
9H
6)CH
2[
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-
1:
5-(
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-C
4H
3N)]Sm(
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-Cl)
2Li(THF)
2}
2 (
4) in 73% yield, while reaction of ErCl
3 with [(C
9H
6)CH
2(
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-C
4H
3N)]Li
2(THF)
x under the same conditions generated [(
5-C
9H
6)CH
2(
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-
1:
3-C
4H
3N)Er(
3-Cl)(
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-Cl)Li(THF)
2]
2 (
5). Reaction of
4 with 2 equiv of
n-butyl
lithium
(
nBuLi) and subsequently with
N,
N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (CyN=C=NCy) gave the carbodiimide insertion into the Sm-C bond product{(
5-C
9H
6)CH
2[
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-
1:
5-(
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-C
4H
3N)]Sm[CyNC(
nBu)NCy]}
2 (
6), while treatment of
4 with 2 equiv of NaN(SiMe
3)
2 in THF followed by reacting with CyN=C=NCy gave the carbodiimide insertion into the Sm-Nbond product [(
5-C
9H
7)CH
2[
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-
1:
5-(
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-C
4H
3N)]Sm{CyNC[N(SiMe
3)
2]NCy}]
2 (
7). These complexes werecharacterized by IR and
1H NMR spectra and elemental analyses. Furthermore, the structures of all thesecompounds were also confirmed by X-ray diffraction analyses.