Reaction of the β-diketiminate ytterbium dichloride LYbCl2（THF）2（L=2,6-Pri2C6H3）NC（Me）CHC（Me）N（C6H3-2,60Pri2）（1）with 2equiv off C5H5Na in THF gave rise to the title complex LYb（C5H5）2（2）,and the crystal structure of the complex 2 was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.The crystal belongs to orthorhombic,space group P21212 with a=4.3219（6）,b=1.6602（2）,c=0.9604（1）nm,V=6.891（2）nm3,Z=8,Dc=1.390 Mg·m-3,R=0.0331,wR=0.0535.In the molecular structure of the title complex,the central metal atom Yb is coordinated by two cyclopentadienyl rings and two nitrogen atomes of β-diketiminate group to form an eight-coordinate distorted tetrahedral geometry.
