New reactions of β-diketiminatolanthanoid complexes: sterically induced self-deprotonation of β-diketiminato ligands

Abstract

Attempted synthesis of sterically demanding bis- or tris-β-diketiminato complexes of lanthanoids resulted in ligand deprotonation and the formation of complexes containing both a “normal” and a deprotonated ligand; one of these on protonation gave the first cationic β-diketiminato–Ln complex.