Synthesis and Structure of Complexes of the Diethyl Ester of 2-Dimethylamino-2-oxoethylphosphonic Acid with Lanthanide Nitrates

The lanthanide complexes LnL 2 (NO 3 ) 3 ( 3a-g ) are obtained where Ln is La, Sm, Yb, Er, Ce, Eu, Gd, and L is the diethyl ester of 2-dimethylamino-2-oxoethylphosphonic acid (C 2 H 5 O) 2 P(O)CH 2 CON(CH 3 ) 2 ] 1 . They are characterized by elemental analysis, i.r. and NMR spectroscopy. The crystal structure of 3a is determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The complex is found to crystallize in the triclinic space group P 1 with a = 8.4220(17) Å, b = 11.123(2) Å, c = 17.560(4) Å, f = 87.20(3);, g = 82.27(3);, n = 76.89(3);, V = 1587.3(5) Å 3 , Z = 2, calcd = 1.614 mg/m 3 , R = 0.047, R w = 0.107, S = 1.034 for 5762 reflections with I > 2 (I). The structure contains monomeric units of the complex with the lanthanum atom coordinated by 10 oxygen atoms, six of them from the three bidentate nitrate ions and four from the two phosphonate ligands. The coordination is realized by both phosphoryl and amide-carbonyl oxygen atoms. The stereochemistry of the starting ligand 1 is investigated by NMR spectroscopy.