title: Samarium versus aluminium Lewis acidity in a mixed alkyl carboxylate complex related to alkylaluminium activation in diene polymerization catalysis.
abstract: [(C5Me5)2Sm(mu-O2CPh)]2 reacts with iBu3Al to form a mixed bridge samarium aluminium complex [(C5Me5)2Sm(mu-O2CPh)(mu-iBu)Al(iBu)2], that displays two different carboxylate orientations toward the metals in a single crystal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, 92697-2025, USA. wevans@uci.edu
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Timothy M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Champagne
authors.forename: Joseph W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Ziller