1. School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 (Australia), Fax: (+61)?399054597;2. Department of Chemistry, 1‐014 Center for Science and Technology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244‐4100 (USA), Fax: (+1)?315‐443‐4070
Abstract:
A new family in town! Treatment of a rare‐earth metal (Ln) and either a potential divalent rare‐earth metal (Ln′) or an alkaline earth metal (Ae) with 2,6‐diphenylphenol (HOdpp) at elevated temperatures (200–250 °C) afforded heterobimetallic aryloxo complexes (see figure). Both a charge‐separated species, (Ln′/Ae)2(Odpp)3]Ln(Odpp)4], and a neutral species, AeEu(Odpp)4], were obtained and crystallographically characterised.