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[(C6H5CH2C5H4)2GdCl.THF]2 (1) and (C6H5CH2C5H4)2ErCl.THF (2) were prepared by the reaction of LnCl3 (LnGd, Er) with benzylcyclopentadienyl sodium in THF and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, MS and thermal gravimetry. The crystal structures of both compounds were determined. Complex 1 is dimeric and its structure belongs to the monoclinic, P21/c space group with a=1.1432(2), b=1.2978(2), c=1.7604(3) nm, β=108.75(2), V=2.4732(9) nm3, Z=2(four monomers), Dc“1.54 g.cm−3. R=0.0342 and Rw“0.0362. Complex 2 is monomer and its structure belongs to the orthorhombic, P212121 space group with a=0.8645(2), b=1.1394(3), c=2.5289(4) nm, V=2.4919(9) nm3, Z=4, Dc“1.56 g.cm−3. R=0.0514, Rw“0.0529. The determination of the crystal structure shows that in complex 1 the benzyl groups on the cyclopentadienyls coordinated to Gd3+ are located in the opposite direction (139°); in complex 2 the benzyl groups on the cyclopentadienyls coordinated to Er3+ are located in the same direction (6.5°).

Reaction of anhydrous ytterbium trichlorides with 2 equiv. of cyclopentylindenyl lithium in THF solution, followed by removal of the solvent MO. crystallization of the product from diethyl ether, affords a crystal complex of the composition (C5H9C9H6)(2)Yb(mu-Cl)(2)Li(Et2O)(2). Crystallographic analysis shows that the ytterbium coordinated by two cyclopentylindenyl rings and lithium surrounded by two ether molecules are bridged by the two chlorine atoms and Yb, U and two chlorine atoms form a plane.