The structures of diiodosamarium (II) complexes with amide compounds have been investigated basing on single crystal X-ray structural analyses. The reaction of [SmI 2 (thf) 2] with 2 equivalents of tetramethylurea (TMU) gave [SmI 2 (thf) 2 (tmu) 2](1). The three different kinds of ligands in 1 attach to the samarium atom in a trans orientation.[SmI 2 (thf) 2] reacted with 4 equivalents of 1, 3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidione (DMI) to afford [SmI 2 (dmi) 4]( ...
[Batsanov, Andrei S.; Bruce, James I.; Ganesh, Thota; Low, Paul J.; Kataky, Ritu; Puschmann, Horst; Steel, Patrick G. Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 1, 2002 , # 7 p. 932 - 937]