Coordination of rare-earth elements in complexes with monovacant Wells-Dawson polyoxoanions

The alpha-1 and alpha-2 isomers of the monovacant Wells-Dawson heteropolyoxoanion [P(2)W(17)O(61)](10-) are complexants of trivalent rare-earth (RE) ions and serve to stabilize otherwise reactive tetravalent lanthanide (Ln) and actinide (An) ions in aqueous solution. Aspects of the bonding of Ln ions with alpha-1-[P(2)W(17)O(61)](10-) and alpha-2-[P(2)W(17)O(61)](10-) were investigated to address issues of complex formation and stability. We present structural insights about the Ln(III) coordination environment and hydration in two types of stoichiometric complexes, [Ln(alpha-1-P(2)W(17)O(61))](7-) and [Ln(alpha-2-X(2)W(17)O(61))(2)](17-) (for Ln identical with Sm, Eu, Lu; X identical with P, As). The crystal and molecular structures of [(H(2)O)(4)Lu(alpha-1-P(2)W(17)O(61))](7-) (1) and [Lu(alpha-2-P(2)W(17)O(61))(2)](17-) (2) were solved and refined through use of single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The crystallographic results are supported with corresponding insights from XAFS (X-ray absorption fine structure) for a series of nine solid-state complexes as well as from optical luminescence spectroscopy of the Eu(III) analogues in aqueous solution. All the Ln ions are eight-coordinate with oxygen atoms in a square antiprism arrangement. For the 1:1 stoichiometric Ln/alpha-1-[P(2)W(17)O(61)](10-) complexes, the Ln ions are bound to four O atoms of the lacunary polyoxometalate framework in addition to four O atoms from solvent (water) molecules as [(H(2)O)(4)Ln(alpha-1-P(2)W(17)O(61))](7-). This structure (1) is the first of its kind for any metal complex of alpha-1-[P(2)W(17)O(61)](10-), and the data indicate that the general stoichiometry [(H(2)O)(4)Ln(alpha-1-P(2)W(17)O(61))](7-) is maintained throughout the lanthanide series. For the 1:2 stoichiometric Ln/alpha-2-[X(2)W(17)O(61)](10-) complexes, no water molecules are in the Ln-O(8) coordination sphere. The Ln ions are bound to eight O atoms-four from each of two heteropolyanions-as [Ln(alpha-2-X(2)W(17)O(61))(2)](17-). The average Ln-O interatomic distances decrease across the lanthanide series, consistent with the decreasing Ln ionic radius.     

New phthalocyanine complexes based on 4,5-isopropylidenedioxyphthalonitrile

A series of new metal monophthalocyanine complexes were synthesized from 4,5-isopropylidenedioxyphthalonitrile and their spectroscopic and electrochemical properties were studied. The removal of the protective isopropylidene groups from these compounds afforded symmetrically substituted octahydroxyphthalocyanines.     

Thiocyanates of rare-earth elements with tetramethylphenanthroline

Molecular [M(NCS)₃(H₂O)(Me₄Phen)₂] · (Me₄Phen) · 0.75EtOH and anionic [H(Me₄Phen)][М(NCS)₄(Me₄Phen)₂] complexes are synthesized using thiocyanates М(NCS)₃ · 6H₂O (M = Y, Eu, Tb) and 3,4,7,8-tetramethyl-1,10-phenanthroline (Me4Phen). The complexes are characterized by IR spectroscopy and elemental, X-ray phase, and X-ray diffraction analyses (CIF files CCDC no. 1498178–1498184). The thermoanalytical study shows that the solvate molecules Me₄Phen are localized in the internal coordination sphere of the molecular complexes at 195–250°C. The magnetic behavior of the Eu and Tb complexes is governed by the nature of the Ln ion.     

Structural features of the crystalline iodide complexes of some rare-earth elements with carbamide and acetamide

New acetamide and carbamide complexes LnI₃ · 4Ur · 4H₂O (Ln = La, Eu, Dy, Ho, Y; Ur is carbamide) and LnI₃ · 4AA · 4H₂O (Ln = Nd, Eu, Dy, Ho, Y; AA is acetamide) are synthesized. The complexes are characterized by the data of chemical analysis, IR spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction analysis. The ligands (water, carbamide, and acetamide molecules) are coordinated by the rare-earth element atoms through the oxygen atom, and the coordination polyhedron is a distorted square antiprism. The iodide ions are not coordinated and are located in the external sphere. The structural characteristics of the complexes are compared in the series [Ln(L)₄(H₂O)₄]I₃ (Ln = La, Nd, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er; L = AA, Ur).     

Preparation of complexes of sulfoxides of petroleum origin and tributyl phosphate with chlorides of rare-earth elements

Conclusions Conditions were found for obtaining the complexes of petroleum sulfoxides and tributyl phosphate with the chlorides of the rare-earth elements with a coordination number of 9, 7, and 6. It was established that anhydrous trisolvates are obtained by the azeotropic distillation of the water with toluene and subsequent drying of the complexes with zeolites.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2790–2792, December, 1977.     

Hexadecapropyloxy-substituted diphthalocyanine complexes of rare-earth elements: synthesis,spectroscopic and electrochemical studies

Hexadecapropyloxy-substituted diphthalocyanine complexes of rare-earth elements (REE = Lu, Tm, Sm) were synthesized. The new symmetrically substituted diphthalocyanine complexes prepared starting from 4,5-dipropyloxyphthalodinitrile (phthalogen) are characterized by better solubilities compared to the known hexadecamethyl-substituted diphthalocyanine complexes of the same REE. Spectral and electrochemical characteristics of the complexes were studied. The compounds can be used as materials for high-contrast electrochromic devices.     

New diphthalocyanine complexes of rare-earth metals based on 4,5-isopropylidenedioxyphthalonitrile

A series of the earlier unknown diphthalocyanine complexes of rare-earth metals based on 4,5-isopropylidenedioxyphthalonitrile were prepared. Their compositions and yields depend on the radius of the complexing ion. The synthesized compounds were studied by spectroscopy and electrochemical methods. The redox potentials of the complexes studied change nonlinearly with a decrease in the lanthanide ion radius. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 274—279, February, 2006.     

Complex formation of rare-earth elements with 1,10-phenanthroline

Complex formation in a Ln(III)-1,10-phenanthroline-ethyl acetate system, where Ln = La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Yb, or Lu, is studied by spectrophotometric methods. The stability of the complexes is estimated. The changes in the thermodynamic parameters of complex formation and the bonding character in the lanthanide complexes with 1,10-phenanthroline and 2,2′-dipyridyl are ascertained and compared.     

Thermal decomposition of 2,2′-dipyridyl and 4,4′-dipyridyl complexes with rare-earth elements in air atmosphere

The present work provides data concerning thermal decomposition of 2,2′-dipyridyl(2-dipy) and 4,4′-dipyridyl(4-dipy) with rare-earth elements (Ln) based on literature and our own sustained studies which comprised about 100 complexes.

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Zusammenfassung Ausgehend von Literaturangaben und unseren eigenen Untersuchungen von mehr als 100 Komplexen liefert vorliegende Arbeit Angaben zur thermischen Zersetzung von 2,2′-Dipyridyl(2-dipy) und 4,4′-Dipyridyl(4-dipy) mit Seltenerdenelementen (Ln).

     

Studying the volatility of pyrazolone complexes of rare-earth elements by means of Knudsen effusion

The temperature dependences of the pressure of saturated vapor of pyrazolone complexes of rare-earth elements Ln(PMIP)₃ (where Ln = Y, Ho, Er, Tm, Lu; PMIP = 1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-isobutyryl-5-pyrazolone) are studied via Knudsen effusion, and the enthalpy of their sublimation is determined. Mass spectra and differential scanning calorimetry data are obtained.     

New complexes of some d-electron elements with 3-methyladipic acid

Conditions for the preparation of Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) 3-methyladipates were investigated and their qualitative composition and magnetic moments were determined. The IR spectra and powder diffraction patterns of the complexes prepared of the general formula M(C₇H₁₀O₄)·nH₂O (n=0-11) were recorded and their thermal decomposition in air were studied. During heating the hydrated complexes are dehydrated in one (Co, Ni) or two steps (Mn, Zn) losing all crystallization water molecules (Co, Ni) or some water molecules (Mn, Zn) and then anhydrous (Co, Ni, Cu) or hydrated complexes (Mn, Zn) decompose directly to oxides (Mn, Co, Zn) or with intermediate formation the mixture of M+MO (Ni, Cu). The carboxylate groups are bidentate (Mn, Co, Ni, Cu) or monodentate (Zn). The complexes exist as polymers. The magnetic moments for the paramagnetic complexes of Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) attain values 5.48, 4.49, 2.84 and 1.45 B.M., respectively. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Coordination polymers of rare-earth elements with 2-aminoterephthalic acid

Coordination polymers of REEs with 2-aminoterephthalic acid [Ln₂(C₈H₅NO₄)₃(H₂O)₅] _n · 2nH₂O (Ln = Eu, Gd, or Tb) and [Y₂(C₈H₅NO₄)₃(H₂O)₄] _n · 4nH₂O were prepared by hydrothermal synthesis. Studies of the thermal behavior of these coordination polymers have shown that the removal of the solvate and the coordinated water molecules occurs at heating to 250°C and dehydratation products are stable up to 400°C. Detailed studies of the magnetic behavior of Eu, Gd, and Tb polymers were performed.     

Structural studies of magnetic nanoparticles doped with rare-earth elements

Magnetic nanoparticles and those doped with rare-earth metal ions having spinel structure were synthesized, possessing the average particles size of 11.3-13.4 nm. According to Mössbauer spectroscopy data it can be concluded that prepared iron oxide nanoparticles are γ-Fe₂O₃. For materials containing rare-earth elements the decrease of octahedral component surface was observed in comparison to non-doped material, what can be explained by Eu³⁺, Sm³⁺ и Gd³⁺ ions occupying the octahedral position.     

Molecular cyclo-P3 complexes of the rare-earth elements via a one-pot reaction and selective reduction

Synthesis of new organo-lanthanide polyphosphides with an aromatic cyclo-[P₄]²⁻ moiety and a cyclo-[P₃]³⁻ moiety is presented. For this purpose, the divalent Ln^II-complexes [(NON)Ln^II(thf)₂] (Ln = Sm, Yb) ((NON)²⁻ = 4,5-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl-amino)-2,7-di-tert-butyl-9,9-dimethylxanthene) and trivalent Ln^III-complexes [(NON)Ln^IIIBH₄(thf)₂] (Ln = Y, Sm, Dy) were used as precursors in the reduction process of white phosphorus. While using [(NON)Ln^II(thf)₂] as a one-electron reducing agent the formation of organo-lanthanide polyphosphides with a cyclo-[P₄]²⁻ Zintl anion was observed. For comparison, we investigated a multi-electron reduction of P₄ by a one-pot reaction of [(NON)Ln^IIIBH₄(thf)₂] with elemental potassium. As products molecular polyphosphides with a cyclo-[P₃]³⁻ moiety were isolated. The same compound could also be obtained by reducing the cyclo-[P₄]²⁻ Zintl anion within the coordination sphere of Sm^III in [{(NON)Sm^III(thf)₂}₂(μ-η⁴:η⁴-P₄)]. Reduction of a polyphosphide within the coordination sphere of a lanthanide complex is unprecedented. Additionally, the magnetic properties of the dinuclear Dy^III-compound bearing a bridging cyclo-[P₃]³⁻ moiety were investigated.

Synthesis of new organo-lanthanide polyphosphides with an aromatic cyclo-[P₄]²⁻ moiety and a cyclo-[P₃]³⁻ moiety is presented.     

Cationic rare-earth metal SALEN complexes

Complexes (Salpren(tBu,tBu))Y[N(SiHMe2)2](thf) and (SALEN(tBu,tBu))La[N(SiHMe2)2](thf) (SALEN(tBu,tBu) = Salcyc(tBu,tBu) and Salpren(tBu,tBu)) were prepared from Ln[N(SiHMe2)2]3(thf)2 and H2SALEN(tBu,tBu). The yttrium complex was characterized by X-ray crystallography revealing intrinsic solid-state structural features: the metal centre is displaced by 1.05 angstroms from the [N2O2] least squares plane of a highly bent Salpren(tBu,tBu) ligand (angle(Ph,Ph) dihedral angle of 80.4(1) degrees ) and is coordinated asymmetrically by the silylamide ligand exhibiting one significant Y---(HSi) beta-agostic interaction (Y-N1-Si1, 106.90(9) degrees; Y---Si1, 3.2317(6) angstroms). Complexes (SALEN(tBu,tBu))Ln[N(SiHMe2)2](thf)n (n = 1, Sc; n = 2, Y, La) react with ammonium tetraphenylborate to form the ion pairs [(SALEN(tBu,tBu))Ln(thf)n][BPh4]. The cationisation was proven by X-ray crystal structure analyses of [(Salpren(tBu,tBu))Sc(thf)2][B(C6H5)4].2(thf) and [(Salpren(tBu,tBu))Ln(thf)3][B(C6H5)4].4(thf) (Ln = Y, La), showing an octahedral and pentagonal-bipyramidal coordination geometry, respectively.     

New phosphorus-containing metal phthalocyanine complexes. Synthesis and spectral and electrochemical studies

Hitherto unknown phosphorus-containing 4,5-bis(diethoxyphosphorylmethyl)- and 4-methyl-5-diethoxyphosphorylmethylphthalonitriles were synthesized starting from o-xylene. Their tetramerization afforded free phthalocyanine ligands and their complexes with Zn, Ni, Co, and a number of rare-earth metals. The spectral and electrochemical properties of the phthalocyanines synthesized were studied. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1634–1638, August, 2008.