title: New reactions of beta-diketiminatolanthanoid complexes: sterically induced self-deprotonation of beta-diketiminato ligands.
abstract: Attempted synthesis of sterically demanding bis- or tris-beta-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 beta-diketiminato-Ln complex.
authors.affiliation: The Chemistry Department, University of Sussex, Brighton, UKBN1 9QJ.
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Hitchcock
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lappert
authors.forename: Andrey V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Protchenko