title: Thermally stable rare earth dialkyl complexes supported by a novel bis(phosphinimine)pyrrole ligand.
abstract: A novel bis(phosphinimine)pyrrole based ligand (HL) and its synthesis are reported. Rare earth dialkyl complexes of the ligand, LLn(CH(2)SiMe(3))(2) (Ln = Er, Lu, Sc), have been prepared and found to exhibit high thermal stability in solution. The protio-ligand and dialkyl lanthanide complexes (Ln = Er, Lu) have been characterised by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, AB, Canada T1K 3M4.
authors.forename: Kevin R D
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Matt A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hannon
authors.forename: Jamie S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ritch
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Hayes