“…Mass spectra were taken on a Finnigan MAT 90 mass spectrometer and elemental analyses were performed with Perkin Elmer Elemental Analyzer 240. Tri-tert-butylcyclopentadiene, 67,68 sodium tetraisopropylcyclopentadienide, 41 [CeCl 3 (THF) 1.5 ], 69 [SmCl 3 (THF) 2 ], 69 [Cp 0 2 Sm], 26 LnI 3 (Ln = La and Tm) 70 and YbI 2 71 were prepared as previously reported. Anhydrous trichlorides of praseodymium, neodymium, thulium, ytterbium, and lutetium were purchased from Strem Chemicals and used as received.…”