Bridged aminotroponiminate complexes of lutetium

The reaction of the salt di-potassium-1,3-di(2-(isopropylamino)troponiminate)-propane, K2[(iPr)TP], with lutetium trichloride leads to [[(iPr)TP]LuCl]2 (1). 1 was characterized by single crystal X-ray crystallography. To study the reactivity of 1 some selected derivatives such as alkyl, amide, η5-cyclopentadienyl, and η3-borohydride complexes were synthesized by substitution of the chlorine atom of 1.