Complexes of lanthanum with radical anions of 2,2-bipyridyl and 3,6-di-tert-butyl-o-benzoquinone

Complexes of a rare-earth element containing only one radical-anion ligand have been synthesized and isolated in pure states for the first time. The LaI₂(bpy)(THF)₃ complex has been prepared from LaI₂(THF)₃]₂(C₁₀H₈) and 2,2-bipyridyl in DME. The semiquinone complex LaI₂(SQ)(THF)₃ has been obtained by reaction of lanthanum iodide with 3,6-di-tert-butyl-o-benzoquinone in THF in the presence of lanthanum powder. ESR spectra of the complexes have been studied.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2278–2280, November, 1995.We thank Mr. A. V. Protchenko for magnetic measurements and Dr. L. G. Abakumova for recording IR spectra and helpful discussion.This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Project No. 95-03-08443a).