FORMATION OF ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS OF CARBENE AND CARBINE TYPES BY THE INTERACTION OF RLi WITH NEODYMIUM AND YTTRIUM CHLORIDES IN VARIOUS MEDIA

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)92580-4

It has been established that in the interaction of NdCl3 and YCl3 with RLi, where R=CH2C6H5, CH2C(CH3)2C6H5, CH2Si(CH3)3, unusual organometallic compounds are formed.They are stable in hydrocarbon solutions.The benzyl and neophyl derivatives are carbene type complexes containing one R group at a trivalent metal atom.In all cases the reaction is accompanied by the evolution of RH as the main product and some stilbene and tolan when R=CH2C6H5.The mechanism of this reaction is discussed.