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The alkyls EuR(2) (R = C(SiMe(3))(3)) and YbR(2) (R = [C(SiMe(3))(2)(S
iMe(2)X)], X = Me, CH=CH2, or CH(2)CH(2)OEt) have been obtained from r
eactions between KR and MI(2), and the ytterbium analogues of Grignard
reagents, Yb[C(SiMe(3))(2)(SiMe(2)X)][. OEt(2) (X = Me, CH=CH2, Ph or
OMe) from reactions between RI and Yb metal. The compounds YbR(2) and
EuR(2) crystallize as solvent-free monomers with C-M-C = 136-137 degr
ees. The alkylytterbium iodides crystallize from diethyl ether as solv
ated iodide-bridged dimers in which the coordination at Yb is four whe
n X = Me but is increased to five by chelation from the group X when X
= OMe. When X = CH=CH2, the Yb...X interaction is weak. The reaction
2RYbI = R(2)Yb + YbI2 is not observed when X = Me, but takes place rea
dily when X = Ph, CH=CH2, or OMe and provides a route to the dialkyls
MR(2) when the alkylpotassium KR cannot be obtained, e.g., when X = OM
e. The dialkyl Yb[C(SiMe(3))(2)(SiMe(2)X)](2) with X = Me reacts with
ethers R'OEt (R' = Et, Bu, Bu(t)) to give ethene and alkoxides RYbOR'.
The corresponding reaction does not take place when X = OMe and is ve
ry slow when X = CH=CH2.