Bis(η5-isopropyltetramethylcyclopentadienyl)(tetrahydroborato-κ3H,H′,H′′)(tetrahydrofuran-O)-samarium(III): a lanthanidocene complex with a tridentate tetrahydroborato ligand
摘要:
The lanthanidocene complex [Sm(BH4)(C12H19)(2)(C4H8O)], (I), shows a distorted tetrahedral arrangement around the central Sm-III atom. It consists of two eta(5)-isopropyltetramethyl-cyclopentadienyl ligands, one tetrahydroborato (BH4-) ligand bridging via H atoms to the lanthanide atom and one coordinating tetrahydrofuran (thf) molecule. The BH4- unit of (I) coordinates as a tridentate ligand with three bridging H atoms and one terminal H atom [Sm-B-H4 176 (2)degrees]. The eta(5)-isopropyltetramethylcyclopentadienyl ligands of this bent-sandwich complex [Cp1-Sm-Cp2 133.53(1)degrees where Cp denotes the centroid of the cyclopentadienyl ring] adopt staggered conformations.