Reactions and phases within the TeO2-rich part of the Bi2O3-TeO2 system

The complexes of heavy lanthanides and yttrium with 2,3-dimethoxybenzoic acid of the formula: Ln(C₉h₉O₄)₃·nH₂O, where Ln=Tb(III), Dy(III), Ho(III), Er(III), Tm(III), Yb(III), Lu(III), Y(III), and n=2 for Tb(III), Dy(III), Ho(III), Y(III), n=1 for Er(III), Tm(III), n=0 for Yb(III) and Lu(III) have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, ir spectroscopy, thermogravimetric studies and x-ray diffraction measurements. The complexes have colours typical for Lnł³⁺ ions (Tb(III), Dy(III), Tm(III), Yb(III), Lu(III), Y(III) - white; Ho(III) - cream and Er(III) - salmon). the carboxylate groups in these complexes are a symmetrical, bidentate, chelating ligand or tridentate chelating-bridging. they are isostructural crystalline compounds characterized by low symmetry. On heating in air to 1273 k the 2,3-dimethoxybenzoates of heavy lanthanides and yttrium decompose in various ways. The complexes of Tb(III), Dy(III), Ho(III), Er(III), Tm(III) and Y(III) at first dehydrate to form anhydrous salts which next are decomposed to the oxides of the respective metals. 2,3-dimethoxybenzoates of Yb(III) and Lu(III) are directly decomposed to oxides. When heated in nitrogen the hydrates also dehydrate in one step to form the anhydrous complexes that next form the mixture of carbon and oxides of respective metals or their carbonates. The solubility of the yttrium and heavy lanthanide 2,3-dimethoxybenzoates in water at 293 k is of the order of 10^-2 mol dm^-3. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Complexes of Heavy Lanthanides and Yttrium with 3,4-dimethoxybenzoic Acid

The complexes of yttrium and heavy lanthanides with 3,4-dimethoxybenzoic acid of the formula: Ln(C₉ H₉ O₄ )₃ ×n H₂ O, where Ln =Y(III), Tb(III), Dy(III), Ho(III), Er(III), Tm(III), Yb(III) and Lu(III), and n =4 for Tb(III), Dy(III), n =3 for Ho(III), and n =0 for Er(III), Tm(III), Yb(III), Lu(III) and Y(III) have been prepared and characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, thermogravimetric and magnetic studies and X-ray diffraction measurements. The complexes have colours typical of Ln³⁺ ions (Ho - cream, Tb, Dy, Yb, Lu, Y - white, Er - salmon). The carboxylate group in these complexes is a symmetrical, bidentate, chelating ligand. They are crystalline compounds characterized by various symmetry. On heating in air to 1273 K the hydrated 3,4-dimethoxybenzoates decompose in two steps while those of anhydrous only in one stage. The tetrahydrates of Tb and Dy and trihydrate of Ho 3,4-dimethoxybenzoates are firstly dehydrated to form anhydrous salts that next are decomposed to the oxides of the respective metals. The complexes of Er, Tm, Yb, Lu and Y are directly decomposed to the oxides of the appropriate elements. The solubility in water at 293 K for yttrium and heavy lanthanides is in the order of 10^-4 -10^-3 mol dm^-3 . The magnetic moments of the complexes were determined over the range 77–298 K. They obey the Curie-Weiss law. The values of μ_eff calculated for all compounds are close to those obtained for Ln³⁺ by Hund and van Vleck. The results show that there is no influence of the ligand field on 4f electrons of lanthanide ions in these polycrystalline compounds and 4f electrons do not take part in the formation of M-O bonding. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Thermal decompositions of heavy lanthanide aconitates

The conditions of thermal decomposition of Tb(III), Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu aconitates have been studied. On heating, the aconitates of heavy lanthanides lose crystallization water to yield anhydrous salts, which are then transformed into oxides. The aconitate of Tb(III) decomposes in two stages. First, the complex undergoes dehydration to form the anhydrous salt, which next decomposes directly to Tb₄O₇. The aconitates of Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu decompose in three stages. On heating, the hydrated complexes lose crystallization water, yielding the anhydrous complexes; these subsequently decompose to Ln₂O₃ with intermediate formation of Ln₂O₂CO₃.     

Thermal and spectral studies of 2,4,5-trimethoxybenzoates of heavy lanthanides(III) and yttrium(III)

2,4,5-Trimethoxybenzoates of Tb(III), Dy(III), Ho(III), Er(III), Tm(III), Yb(III), Lu(III) and Y(III) are crystalline, hydrated salts with colours typical for M(III) ions. The carboxylate group is a bidenate, chelating ligand. The complexes of Tb(III), Dy(III) and Ho(III) are dihydrates while those of Er(III), Tm(III), Yb(III), Lu(III) and Y(III) are trihydrates. These compounds are characterized by low symmetry. On heating in air to 1273 K, the 2,4,5-trimethoxybenzoates of heavy lanthanides(III) and yttrium(III) decompose in two steps. At first they dehydrate to form anhydrous salts which next are decomposed to the oxides of the respective metals. The values of the enthalpy of dehydration process were determined. The solubility in water at 293 K for all heavy lanthanides(III) and yttrium(III) are in the orders of 10^-3-10^-4 mol dm^-3. The magnetic moments of the complexes were determined in the temperature range 77-300 K.     

4-Chloro-2-methoxybenzoates of heavy lanthanides(III) and yttrium(III)

4-Chloro-2-methoxybenzoates of heavy lanthanides(III) and yttrium(III) were obtained as mono-, di-, tri-or tetrahydrates with metal to ligand ratio of 1:3 and general formula Ln(C₈H₆ClO₃)₃·nH₂O, where n=1 for Ln=Er, n=2 for Ln=Tb, Dy, Tm, Y, n=3 for Ln=Ho and n=4 for Yb and Lu. The complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, FTIR spectra, TG, DTA and DSC curves, X-ray diffraction and magnetic measurements. The carboxylate group appears to be a symmetrical bidentate chelating ligand. All complexes are polycrystalline compounds. The values of enthalpy, ΔH, of the dehydration process for analysed complexes were also determined. The solubilities of heavy lanthanide(III) 4-chloro-2-methoxybenzoates in water at 293 K are of the order of 10⁻⁴ mol dm⁻³. The magnetic moments were determined over the range of 76–303 K. The results indicate that there is no influence of the ligand field of 4f electrons on lanthanide ions and the metal ligand bonding is mainly electrostatic in nature.     

Syntheses, structure and rare earth metal photoluminescence of new and known isostructural A2Mo4Sb2O18 (A=Ce, Pr, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu) compounds

Nine new A₂Mo₄Sb₂O₁₈ (A=Ce, Pr, Eu, Tb, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu) compounds have been synthesized by solid-state reactions. They are isostructural with six reported analogues of yttrium and other lanthanides and the monoclinic unit cell parameters of all fifteen of them vary linearly with the size of A³⁺ ion. Single crystal X-ray structures of eight A₂Mo₄Sb₂O₁₈ (A=Ce, Pr, Eu, Gd, Tb, Ho, Er, Tm) compounds have been determined. Neat A₂Mo₄Sb₂O₁₈ (A=Pr, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm) compounds exhibit characteristic rare earth metal photoluminescence.     

A Series of Rare-Earth Mesoionic Carbene Complexes

We report the synthesis and characterisation of a series of rare-earth mesoionic carbene complexes, [RE{N(SiMe₃)₂}₃{CN(Me)C(Me)N(Me)CH}] ( 3RE , RE=Sc, Ce, Pr, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu), greatly expanding the limited library of f-block mesoionic carbene complexes. These complexes were prepared by treatment of the parent RE-triamides with an N-heterocyclic olefin (NHO), where an NHO backbone proton undergoes a formal 1,4-proton migration to the NHO-methylene group. For all RE(III) metals, as expected, quantum chemical calculations suggest only a σ-component to the metal−carbene bonding, in contrast to a previously reported uranium(III) congener where the 5f³ metal engages in a weak π-back-bond to the MIC. All complexes were characterised by static variable-temperature magnetic measurements, and dynamic magnetic measurements reveal that 3Dy and 3Er are field-induced single-molecule magnets (SMMs), with U_eff energy barriers of 35 and 128 K, respectively. Complex 3Dy is, as expected, a poorly performing SMM, but conversely 3Er performs unexpectedly well.     

Studies on thermal decomposition of 3-chlorobenzoates of rare earth elements in air atmosphere

The conditions of thermal decomposition of the 3-chlorobenzoates of Y, La and the lanthanides from Ce(III) to Lu have been studied. The complexes of La, Pr(III), Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb(III) and Dy were prepared as heptahydrates, those of Ce(III) and Y as pentahydrates, that of Nd as the tetrahydrate, that of Ho as the dihydrate and those of Er, Tm, Yb and Lu as anhydrous salts. On heating, these complexes decompose in three or two stages. They first lose some water molecules and then decompose to oxides through the intermediate formation of LnOCl. Cerium(III) 3-chlorobenzoate loses its crystallization water in two stages and yields the anhydrous salt, which is then transformed directly into CeO₂. All these complexes melt before decomposition in the temperature range 441–513 K.     

Quantum-chemical calculations of the tautomeric forms of azo derivatives of acetylacetone and determination of the stability constants of their complexes with rare-earth metals

The effective atomic charges in the tautomeric forms (enol-azo, keto-azo, and hydrazo) of 3-(2-hydroxy-5-nitro-3-sulfophenylazo)pentane-2,4-dione (L¹), 3-(2-hydroxy-3,5-disulfophenylazo)pentane-2,4-dione (L²), 3-(5-chloro-2-hydroxy-3-sulfophenylazo)pentane-2,4-dione (L³), 3-(2-hydroxy-4-nitrophenylazo)pentane-2,4-dione (L⁴), and 3-(2-hydroxyphenylazo)pentane-2,4-dione (L⁵) were calculated by the Hückel method (MO LCAO). It was found that the hydrazo form is most reactive for meta- and meta’-substituted derivatives (L^1–3) and the keto-azo form is most reactive for para-substituted (L⁴) and unsubstituted ones (L⁵). The stability constants of complexes of rare-earth metals (La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu) with L^1–5 determined by potentiometric titration decrease in the order: Lu > Yb > Tm > Er > Ho > Dy > Tb > Gd > Eu > Sm > Nd > Ce > La. Functionalization of the aromatic part of ligands L affected neither the rare-earth metal: L ratio (1: 2) nor the above order of the stability constants.     

Neue Pyridiniumchlorometallatverbindungen der Seltenerdelemente

Summary Reaction of the rare earth chlorides with pyridinium chloride in tetrahydrofuran (THF) under anhydrous conditions gave nearly insoluble precipitates of the composition (pyH)₃ RECl₆·THF (RE=La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Y, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu). They were characterized by chemical analysis and IR spectroscopy; decompositionin vacuo was studied, yielding the hithero unknown complexes (pyH)₃ RECl₆ (RE=La, Ce, Pr, Sm, Tb, Ho, Y, Tm, and Lu).

     

Experimental and Theoretical Studies on the Magnetic Anisotropy in Lanthanide(III)‐Centered Fe3Ln Propellers

Compounds [Fe₃Ln(tea)₂(dpm)₆] ( Fe₃Ln ; Ln= Tb–Yb, H₃tea=triethanolamine, Hdpm=dipivaloylmethane) were synthesized as lanthanide(III)‐centered variants of tetrairon(III) single‐molecule magnets (Fe₄) and isolated in crystalline form. Compounds with Ln=Tb–Tm are isomorphous and show crystallographic threefold symmetry. The coordination environment of the rare earth, given by two tea^3? ligands, can be described as a bicapped distorted trigonal prism with D₃ symmetry. Magnetic measurements showed the presence of weak ferromagnetic Fe ??? Ln interactions for derivatives with Tb, Dy, Ho, and Er, and of weak antiferromagnetic or negligible coupling in complexes with Tm and Yb. Alternating current susceptibility measurements showed simple paramagnetic behavior down to 1.8 K and for frequencies reaching 10000 Hz, despite the easy‐axis magnetic anisotropy found in Fe₃Dy , Fe₃Er , and Fe₃Tm by single‐crystal angle‐resolved magnetometry. Relativistic quantum chemistry calculations were performed on Fe₃Ln (Ln=Tb–Tm): the ground J multiplet of Ln³⁺ ion is split by the crystal field to give a ground singlet state for Tb and Tm, and a doublet for Dy, Ho, and Er with a large admixture of m_J states. Gyromagnetic factors result in no predominance of g_z component along the threefold axis, with comparable g_x and g_y values in all compounds. It follows that the environment provided by the tea^3? ligands, though uniaxial, is unsuitable to promote slow magnetic relaxation in Fe₃Ln species.     

Synthesis And Characterization Of Complexes Of Rare Earth Elements With 1,1-Cyclobutanedicarboxylic Acid

The complexes of yttrium and lanthanide with 1,1-cyclobutanedicarboxylic acid of the formula: Ln₂(C₆H₆O₄)₃⋅nH₂O, where n=4 for Y, Pr–Tm, n=5 for Yb,Lu, n=7 for La, Ce have been studied. The solid complexes have colours typical of Ln³⁺ ions. During heating in air they lose water molecules and then decompose to the oxides, directly (Y, Ce, Tm, Yb) or with intermediate formation. The thermal decomposition is connected with released water (313–353 K), carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons(538–598 K) and carbon oxide for Ho and Lu. When heated in nitrogen they dehydrate to form anhydrous salt and next decompose to the mixture of carbon and oxides of respective metals. IR spectra of the prepared complexes suggest that the carboxylate groups are bidentate chelating. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

乙酰丙酮-5,10,15,20-四-(对氯苯基)卟啉稀土配合物的制备和性质

用丙酸做溶剂,吡咯与对氯笨甲醛反应制备5,10,15,20-四-(对氯苯基)卟啉(p-Cl)Tpp;后者与稀土乙酰丙酮配合物Ln(acac)₃·3H₂O在1,2,4-三氯苯中反应制得乙酰丙酮-5,10,15,20-四-(对氯苯基)卟啉稀土配合物Ln(p-Cl)Tppacac;并做了元素分析、UV、IR和PMR等性质的研究。     

Synthesis and properties of homoleptic 2,2′-bipyridyl complexes of rare-earth elements. Crystal and molecular structures of the complexes Ln(N2C10H8)4 (Ln=Sm, Eu, Yb, or Lu) and the ionic complex [Lu(N2C10H8)4][Li(THF)4]

Homoleptic 2,2′-bipyridyl complexes of lanthanides (Ln), Ln(bpy)₄, were prepared by the reactions of iodides LnI₂(THF)₂ (Ln=Sm, Eu, Tm, or Yb), LnI₃(THF)₃ (Ln=La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Gd, or Tb), or bis(trimethylsilyl)amides Ln[N(SiMe₃)₂]₃ (Ln=Dy, Ho, Er, or Lu) with bipyridyllithium in tetrahydrofuran (THF) or 1,2-dimethoxyethane in the presence of free 2,2′-bipyridine. The IR and ESR spectral data, the magnetic susceptibilities, and the results of X-ray diffraction analysis indicate that the complexes of all elements of the lanthanide series, except for the europium complex, contain Ln⁺³ cations and anionic bpy ligands. According to the X-ray diffraction data, the coordination polyhedra about the Sm and Eu atoms are cubes, whereas the environment about the Yb atom is a distorted dodecahedron. In the ionic complex [Lu(bpy)₄][Li(THF)₄], the geometry of the [Lu(bpy)₄]⁻ anion is similar to that of the Lu(bpy)₄ complex. The possible modes of charge distributions over the ligands,viz., Ln(bpy²⁻)(bpy^.−)(bpy⁰)₂ and Ln(bpy^.−)₃(bpy⁰), are discussed. Published inIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 1897–1904, November, 2000.     

Synthesis,characterization and thermal behaviour of solid 2-methoxybenzoates of trivalent metals

Solid-state Ln(L)₃ compounds, where Ln stands for trivalent Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu and Y and L is 2-methoxybenzoate have been synthesized. Simultaneous thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray powder diffractometry, infrared spectroscopy and complexometry were used to characterize and to study the thermal behaviour of these compounds. The results provided information on the composition, dehydration, coordination mode, structure, thermal behaviour and thermal decomposition.     

Extraction of rare-earth elements by diphenylphosphinylmethyl-2-phenylethylphosphinic acid from nitrate solutions

The extraction of trace amounts of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, and Y from HNO₃ solutions to organic solvents was studied using diphenylphosphinylmethyl-2-phenylethylphosphinic acid and its structural analogues containing two or three methylene groups between phosphorus atoms. The stoichiometry of extracted complexes was determined. The efficiency of lanthanide extraction into the organic phase was considered as dependent on the structure of the extractant, the nature of the organic solvent, and the composition of the aqueous phase. Original Russian Text ? A.N. Turanov, V.K. Karandashev, V.V. Ragulin, 2009, published in Zhurnal Neorganicheskoi Khimii, 2009, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 535–542.     

Electrochemical reduction of rare-earth chelates with certain β-diketones

Chelates of a number of lanthanides (Pr, Eu, Tb, Dy, Er, Tm, Yb) and certain other metals (Cu, Ni, Co, Tl) with the -diketones dipivaloylmethane and trifluoroacetylcamphor are reduced electrochemically for the first time in aprotic medium (DMF). The nature of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital, into which the first electron enters, is demonstrated to be centered on the ligand and not the metal. A difference is observed in the polarographic behavior of the cerium subgroup complexes (Pr, Eu), which are reduced in one step, and those of the yttrium subgroup, which exhibit two waves (Tb, Er, Yb) of a distinctly doubled wave (Tm, Dy).Deceased.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2737–2741, December, 1990.     

Application of atomic absorption spectrophotometry for the determination of lanthanides in ores and rare earth concentrates

Summary Concentrations of La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Y were determined in rare earth ores and concentrates by the flame atomic absorption method, those of Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Y also by the flameless method with a graphite cell. Accuracy was checked by using a standard lanthanides mixture. The results of the determinations in concentrates (by flame and by furnace AAS, both direct measurement and standard addition method) were compared with those obtained by spectrophotometry. Detection limits were defined in a HGA-70 graphite cell with application of a standard graphite tube. The results of the examinations revealed that both the AAS methods are suitable for lanthanide determinations in the above materials. Heavy lanthanides can be determined in lower concentrations than by spectrophotometry.

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Anwendung der Atomabsorptions-Spektralphotometrie zur Bestimmung von Lanthaniden in Erzen und Seltenerd-Konzentraten

Zusammenfassung La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb und Y wurden in Erzen und Konzentraten mit Hilfe der Flammen-Atomabsorptionsspektrometrie bestimmt, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb und Y auch nach der flammenlosen Methode unter Anwendung der Graphitküvette. Die Genauigkeit wurde mit Hilfe einer Standardmischung von Lanthaniden geprüft. Die Ergebnisse der Bestimmungen in Konzentraten (Flammen- und flammenlose AAS, Direktmessung und Methode der Standardzugaben) wurden mit spektralphotometrischen Resultaten verglichen. Die Nachweisgrenzen wurden für die Graphitküvette HGA-70 mit Standardgraphitröhre bestimmt. Es ergab sich, daß beide AAS-Methoden für den genannten Zweck verwendbar sind. Die schweren Lanthanide können in niedrigeren Konzentrationen bestimmt werden als mit Hilfe der Spektralphotometrie.

     

Thermal behaviour of hydrated lanthanide complexes with heptanedioic acid

The multi-step dehydration and decomposition of trivalent lanthanum and lanthanide heptanediate polyhydrates were investigated by means of thermal analysis completed with infrared study. Further more, X-ray diffraction data for investigated heptanediate complexes of general stoichiometry Ln₂(C₇H₁₀O₄)₃.nH₂O (wheren=16 in the case of La, Ce, Pr, Nd and Sm pimelates,n=8 for Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Er and Tm pimelates,n=12 for Ho, Yb and Lu pimelates) were also reported.

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Zusammenfassung Mittels TG, DTG, DTA wurde in Verbindung mit IR-Methoden der mehrstufige Dehydratations- und der Zersetzungsvorgang der Polyhydrate der PimelinsÄuresalze von dreiwertigem Lanthan und dreiwertigen Lanthanoiden untersucht. Röntgendiffraktionsdaten der untersuchten Heptandiat-Komplexe mit der allgemeinen Formel Ln₂(C₇H₁₀O₄)₃ nH₂O (mitn=16 für Ln=La, Ce, Pr, Nd und Sm,n=8 für Ln=Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Er und Tm sowien=12 für Ln=Ho, Yb und Lu) werden ebenfalls gegeben.