CHEMISTRY OF C-TRIMETHYLSILYL-SUBSTITUTED HETEROCARBORANES. XX: SYNTHETIC AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES ON SANDWICH LN(III) CARBORANE CLUSTERS. II(LN(III) = SM, GD, DY, HO, ER)

The room-temperature reactions of closo-exo-4,5-[(μ-H)2Li(TMEDA)]-1-Li(TMEDA)-2,3-(SiMe3)2-2,3-C2B4H4 with anhydrous LnCl3 (Ln = Sm, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er), in molar ratios of 2:1 in dry benzene (C6H6), p...