Mn. Bochkarev et al., SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MIXED IODIDE-NAPHTHALENE COMPLEXES OF LANTHANIDES, Russian chemical bulletin, 45(10), 1996, pp. 2443-2444
The [LnI(2)(THF)(3)](2)(mu-C10H8) complexes were obtained by reactions
of LnI(3)(THF)(3) (Ln = Ce, Pr, Nd, or Gd) with lithium and excess na
phthalene. The magnetic moments of these complexes correspond to the o
xidation state +3 of the metal atoms. The Yb-II complex, [YbI(DME)(2)]
(2)(mu-C10H8), was synthesized by the reaction of YbI2(DME)(2) with an
equimolar amount of naphthalenelithium.