Chemistry Letters, Vol.30, No.12, 1226-1227, 2001
Preparation of organoytterbium reagent from ytterbium trichloride and organomagnesium
The preparation of organolanthanoid species from diorganomagnesium and lanthanoid salt is discussed, Treatment of cerium trichloride or ytterbium trichloride with diorganomagnesium gave the corresponding organolanthanoid species much more efficiently than treatment of the salt with organomagnesium halide.