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Thermolysis of complexes Cp*2LnCH(SiMe3)2 (1, Ln = Y; 2, Ln = La; 3, Ln = Ce) in cyclohexane leads to extrusion of CH2(SiMe3)2 by hydrogen abstraction from a Cp* ligand and postulated formation of a pentamethylcyclopentadienyl fulvene species Cp*FvLn. For yttrium thermolysis occurs under conditions where Cp*FvY reacts further, e.g. with solvent and CH2(SiMe3)2, to produce a complicated mixture. In cyclohexane-d12 extensive H/D scrambling between organometallic species and solvent is observed. For lanthanum and cerium secondary reactions take place between molecules of Cp*FvLn, but solvent and CH2(SiMe3)2 are not involved. The stable end product for these metals is a tetranuclear complex [Cp*3(μ3-η5,η1,η1-C5Me3(CH2)2)Ln2]2 (4, Ln = La; 5, Ln = Ce), formed by intermolecular hydrogen transfer. For 5 the molecular structure was determined by X-ray diffraction. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c (No. 15) with a = 23.849 (9) Å, b = 10.846 (4) Å, c = 30.11 (1) Å, and β = 104.29 (3)°. The unit cell contains four molecules of 5 and two cyclohexane-d12 solvate molecules (Z = 4). Compound 5 contains a novel type of bridging ligand, a doubly metalated pentamethylcyclopentadienyl group, η5,η1,η1-C5(CH2)2Me3, bridging three cerium atoms in a unique manner. The tetranuclear complex is essentially a tightly fitting assembly of four units Cp*2LnR. Thermolysis of 2 and 3 or heating of tetranuclear compounds 4 and 5 in toluene leads to the formation of the benzyl compounds Cp*2LnCH2Ph (6, Ln = La; 7, Ln = Ce). Thermolysis of 3 in toluene-d8 shows that the alkane CH2(SiMe3)2 has no deuterium built-in, indicating that 6 and 7 are formed through hydrogen abstraction from a pentamethylcyclopentadienyl ligand and that the solvent is not involved here. Compound 7 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pna21 with a = 16.730 (4) Å, b = 11.387 (3) Å, c = 12.506 (3) Å, and Z = 4. The bonding of the benzyl group is best described as a benzyl anion with regular sp2 hybridization of the methylene group η3-bonded to a Cp*2Ce+ cation. The metal has a strong interaction with the methylene, the ipso, and an ortho carbon atom of the benzyl ligand

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Ring hydrogen C-H activation in Cp*2LnCH(SiMe3)2 (Ln = yttrium, lanthanum, cerium): x-ray crystal structures of [Cp*3(.mu.3-.eta.5,.eta.1,.eta.1-C5Me3(CH2)2)Ce2]2 and Cp*2CeCH2C6H5