Mm. Corradi et al., SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE AND REACTIVITY OF [YB(ETA-C(5)ME(5))(SI(SIME(3))(3))(THF)(2)], Chemical communications, (20), 1996, pp. 2323-2324
The reaction of [Yb(eta C(5)Me(5))(2)(OEt(2))] With 1 equiv, of [Li{Si
(SiMe(3))(3)} (thf)(3)] in toluene affords [Yb(eta-C(5)Me(5)){Si-(SiMe
(3))(3)}(thf)(2)] 1 in high yield; a single-crystal X-ray analysis and
multinuclear Yb-171 and Si-29 NMR spectroscopic data for 1 are report
ed.