Table of Contents Table of Contents 2.4.1.2 Theoretical Calculations on 19 2.4.1.3. Reaction of (LMgBr) 2 ScBr (19) with water. Synthesis of LSc(OB(C 6 F 5 ) 2 ) 2 (20) 2.4.1.4. X-ray Structural Analysis of 20 2.4.1.5. Reaction of (LMgBr) 2 ScBr (19) with (HOCH 2 ) 2 C(CH 3 ) 2 . Synthesis of LMgBr (21) 2.4.1.6. X-ray Structural Analysis of 21 2.4.2. Synthesis of Cluster Lu 2 Mg 4 Cl 10 O 2 •6THF (22) 2.4.2.1. X-ray Structural Analysis of 22 2.4.3. Synthesis of adducts (LLi) 2 SmI 2 (23) and (LLi) 2 YbI 2 (24) 2.4.3.1 X-ray Structural Analyses of 23 and 24 3. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 4. EXPERIMENTAL SECTION 4.1. General Procedures 4.2. Physical Measurements 4.3. Starting Materials 4.4.1. Synthesis of LScCl 2 (5), LScBr 2 (6), LYBr 2 (7), LYCl 2 (8), and LLuCl 2 (9) 4.4.2. Synthesis of LScI 2 (10) and LYI 2 (11) 4.4.3. Synthesis of LLaCl 2 •LLi(12) and LCeCl 2 •LLi(13) 4.4.4. Synthesis of [(L-H)ScN(SiMe 3 ) 2 ] 2 (14) 4.4.5. Synthesis of LSc(SO 3 CF 3 ) 2 (15) 4.4.6. Synthesis of (Me 3 ClSn-µ-F) 2 LSc (16) and (Me 3 BrSn-µ-F) 2 LSc (17a, 17b) 4.4.7 Synthesis of [LY(N(SiMe 3 )(SiMe 2 )NH] 2 (18) iii Table of Contents 4.4.8. Synthesis of (LMgBr) 2 ScBr (19) 4.4.9. Synthesis of LSc(OB(C 6 F 5 ) 2 ) 2 (20) 4.4.10. Synthesis of LMgBr (21) 4.4.11. Synthesis of Lu 2 Mg 4 Cl 10 O 2 •6THF (22) 4.4.12 Synthesis of (LLi) 2 SmI 2 (23) 4.4.13 Synthesis of (LLi) 2 YbI 2 (24) 4.5. NMR and GC-MS Experiments 5. HANDLING AND DISPOSAL OF SOLVENTS AND RESIDUAL WASTE 6. CRYSTAL DATA AND REFINEMENT DETAILS 7. REFERENCES iv Abbreviations Abbreviations av average br broad C Celsius C. N. coordination number Cp cyclopentadienyl d doublet, days DFT Density Functional Theory DME dimethylethoxide X halogen1. they are considered as hard acids ("a" character). [23] LnX 3 + LLi (LNa, CpTl) → LLnX 2 Equation 1Although complexes with monoanionic ligands LLnX 2 (X = halogen) free of coordinated solvent or alkali metal halogenides have been reported, up to our report from 2001, none have been characterized by X-ray crystallography. [32] Even if most of the developed chemistry contains the rare earth elements in the formal oxidation state +3, the lower oxidation states have also attracted attention due to their unusual properties (i.e. potential new catalysts) and as scientific curiosities. The oxidation state +2 is easily accessible for Eu, Yb, stabilized by the half-filled and filled subshells, and Sm. Their organo derivatives of type RLnX (Ln = Sm, Yb, Eu) are regarded as Grignard analogues and they are used as alkylating agents and in organic second of Cp tt 3 La with K and 18-crown-6 in benzene. Organic solvent adducts of neodymium and dysprosium diiodide were obtained at high temperatures (>200 °C) from the respective metal powder and iodine in sealed glass ampoules followed by treatment of the reaction products with DME or THF. [42] The stable oxidation state +4 is so far well represented only for Cerium compounds. The Ce 4+ compounds are important reagents in preparative and analytical chemistry. [23] Hence, the aims of the present work have ...