Wa. Herrmann et al., COMPLEXES OF THE LANTHANIDES .5. STRUCTUR AL CHEMISTRY OF MONOMERIC AND DIMERIC RARE-EARTH ALKOXIDES, Chemische Berichte, 126(7), 1993, pp. 1533-1539
The first sublimable monomeric yttrium ''CH-alkoxide'' Y[OC(iPr)(tBu)2
]3 (3) is obtained by the reaction of ''CH-alcohol'' HOCiPr(tBu)2 (''H
-proditox'', 1) with Y[N(SiMe3)2]3 (2). The importance of metal-ion si
ze and ligand sphere for nucleation is demonstrated for the system ''L
n/ditox/acetonitrile''. The crystal structure data of dimeric 4 (Ln =
Nd) and monomeric 5 (Ln = Dy) once again support the ionic nature of l
anthanide alkoxide complexes.