SmCl3 reacts with equimolar amounts of K[(S)-C5H4CHPhCH2NMe2] and Na[C5Me5] yielding [(S)-C5H4CHPhCH2NMe2](C5Me5)SmCl(1). The methylation of complex 1 with LiMe and the reactions of the known analogues of 1, [(S)-C5H4CHPhCH2NMe2](C5Me5)LnCl (Ln = Y (2), Lu (3)) with LiCH2SiMe3 afford [(S)-C5H4CHPhCH2NMe2](C5Me5)SmMe (4) and [(S)-C5H4CHPhCH2NMe2](C5Me5)LnCH2SiMe3 (Ln = Y (5), Lu (6)), respectively. The reactions of ScCl3 and LuCl3 with 1 equivalent of K[(S)-C5H4CHPhCH2NMe2] or K[C5H4CH2CH2NMe2] followed by 2 equivalents of Me3SiCH2Li yield the complexes [(S)-C5H4CHPhCH2NMe2] Ln(CH2SiMe3)2 (Ln = Sc (7a), Lu (7b)) or (C5H4CH2CH2NMe2)Ln(CH2SiMe3)2 (Ln = Sc (8a), Lu (8b)), respectively.