SYNTHESIS OF A BIS(CYCLOPENTADIENYL)LANTHANUM ARYL COMPLEX WITH A PSEUDOFACIALLY BOUND BIS(ORTHO)-CHELATING ARYLDIAMINE LIGAND - X-RAY STRUCTURE OF (ETA(5)-C5H5)(2)LA(C6H3(CH(2)NME(2))(2)-2,6)
Mp. Hogerheide et al., SYNTHESIS OF A BIS(CYCLOPENTADIENYL)LANTHANUM ARYL COMPLEX WITH A PSEUDOFACIALLY BOUND BIS(ORTHO)-CHELATING ARYLDIAMINE LIGAND - X-RAY STRUCTURE OF (ETA(5)-C5H5)(2)LA(C6H3(CH(2)NME(2))(2)-2,6), Organometallics, 15(5), 1996, pp. 1505-1507
Reaction of Cp(3)La . THF with Li(C6H3{CH2-NMe(2)}(2)-2,6) in benzene
gave the first crystallographically characterized lanthanum aryl compl
ex (eta(5)-C5H5)(2)La-(C6H3{CH(2)NMe(2)}(2)-2,6), in which the bis(ort
ho)-chelating aryldiamine ligand is bound in a pseudofacial ''Cp-like'
' fashion.