The reaction of the salt di-potassium-1,3-di(2-(isopropylamino)troponiminat
e)-propane, K-2[(Pr-i)TP], with lutetium trichloride leads to [[(Pr-i)TP]Lu
Cl](2) (1). 1 was characterized by single crystal X-ray crystallography. To
study the reactivity of 1 some selected derivatives such as alkyl, amide,
eta(5)-cyclopentadienyl, and eta(3)-borohydride complexes were synthesized
by substitution of the chlorine atom of 1. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier S
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