title: Stabilization of molecular lanthanide polysulfides by bulky scorpionate ligands.
abstract: Well-defined lanthanide polysulfide complexes containing S4(2-) and S5(2-) ligands, the samarium(iii) pentasulfide complex Sm(Tp(iPr2))(κ(1)-3,5-(i)Pr2Hpz)(S5) and the tetrasulfide-bridged binuclear ytterbium(iii) complex (μ-S4)[Yb(Tp(iPr2))(κ(1)-3,5-(i)Pr2Hpz)(κ(2)-3,5-(i)Pr2pz)]2 (Tp(iPr2) = hydro-tris(3,5-diisopropylpyrazolyl)borate), have been synthesized and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
authors.affiliation: Chemisches Institut der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany. frank.edelmann@ovgu.de.
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kühling
authors.forename: Robert
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authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Phil
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authors.lastname: Liebing
authors.forename: Liane
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authors.lastname: Hilfert
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: Josef
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authors.lastname: Takats
authors.forename: Frank T
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authors.lastname: Edelmann