Alexander F. R. Kilpatrick and F. Geoffrey N. Cloke
Dalton Trans., 2017,46, 5587-5597
DOI:
10.1039/C6DT04475A,
Paper
We report the synthesis and structural characterisation of three homobimetallic complexes featuring divalent lanthanide metals (Ln = Yb, Eu and Sm) bridged by the silylated pentalene ligand [1,4-{SiiPr3}2C8H4]2− (= Pn†). Magnetic measurements and cyclic voltammetry have been used to investigate the extent of intermetallic communication in these systems, in the context of molecular models for organolanthanide based conducting materials.