(1) Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Wien, A-1090 Wien, Österreich
Abstract:
Using the reduction of the trichlorides by lithium metal/naphthalene in tetrahydrofurane (THF), SmCl2 and EuCl2 were prepared in solventfree state, very sparingly soluble inTHF. The reduction of YbCl3, combined with extraction to eliminate the oxide chloride content, yielded the compound YbCl2·THF, much more soluble inTHF than YbCl3.