FIRST CHEMICAL-TRANSFORMATIONS OF LANTHANIDE BOROHYDRIDE COMPOUNDS - SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES OF [(ETA-C8H8)ND(BH4)(THF)](2) AND [(ETA-C8H8)ND(THF)(4)][BPH4]
Sm. Cendrowskiguillaume et al., FIRST CHEMICAL-TRANSFORMATIONS OF LANTHANIDE BOROHYDRIDE COMPOUNDS - SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES OF [(ETA-C8H8)ND(BH4)(THF)](2) AND [(ETA-C8H8)ND(THF)(4)][BPH4], Organometallics, 17(5), 1998, pp. 786-788
Reaction of Nd(BH4)(3)(THF)(3) with K2COT (COT = eta-C8H8) in tetrahyd
rofuran (THF) gave the first (cyclooctatetraene)lanthanide borohydride
, (COT)Nd(BH4)(THF)(2) (1). By treatment with NHEt3BPh4, 1 was transfo
rmed into [(COT)Nd(THF)(4)][BPh4] (3), a unique example of a (cyclooct
atetraene)lanthanide cation; both 1 and 3 gave (COT)Nd(Cp)(THF) (Cp*
= eta-C5Me5) upon. reaction with KCp.