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The samarium complex Cp(2)SmCH(SiMe(3))(2) (Cp* = C(5)Me(5)), unlike
the related alkyls Cp(2)LnCH(SiMe(3))(2) (Ln = Y, Nd), mediates the r
edistribution of hydrosilanes while being converted to trisamarium clu
sters, including -3(mu-SiH3)(mu(3)-eta(1),eta(1),eta(2)-SiH2-SiH2).