SYNTHESIS AND MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE OF ([1,3-(ME3SI)2C5H3]2LU(MU-CL))2

(CP2Lu(mu-Cl)}2 (1) was isolated following the reaction of Cp*Na (Cp* = 1,3-(Me3Si)2C5H3) with LuCl3 in THF and subsequent treatment with t oluene at 80-degrees-C. An X-ray structural investigation of 1 was per formed (Mo K(alpha) radiation, 2933 reflections, R = 0.020). The cryst als are triclinic, a = 10.744(3) angstrom, b = 11.821(2) angstrom, c = 12.966(3) angstrom, alpha = 71.54(1)-degrees, beta = 85.32(2)-degrees , gamma = 74.83(1)-degrees, Z = 2, space group P 1BAR. Two Lu atoms wi th distorted tetrahedral coordination are linked by two chloride bridg es with a mean Lu-Cl distance equal to 2.62 angstrom.