Complexes of the Lanthanides, IIrs. -Tris(tert-butylcyclopentadieny1)neodymium. -dysprosium, and -thulium. Crystal and Molecular Structure of Bis(tert-butylcyclopentadieny1)hydroxidoneodymium and -dysprosium NdCl,, DyCl,, and TmI, (la-c) react with the potassium salt plexes of formula Ln(tBuCp), (3a-c). The thermal behavior K( tBuCp) (2) of tert-butylcyclopentadiene in THF to yield the makes these compounds potential precursors for chemical vasublimable homoleptic tris(tert-butylcyclopentadienyl) com-pour deposition techniques (MOCVD). Chem.