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Lanthanide(III) Di- and tetra-nuclear complexes supported by a chelating tripodal tris(amidate) ligand

  • Jessie L. Brown
  • , Matthew B. Jones
  • , Andrew J. Gaunt
  • , Brian L. Scott
  • , Cora E. Macbeth
  • , John C. Gordon

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Abstract

Syntheses, structural, and spectroscopic characterization of multinuclear tris(amidate) lanthanide complexes is described. Addition of K3[N(o-PhNC(O)tBu)3] to LnX3 (LnX3 = LaBr3, CeI3, and NdCl3) in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) results in the generation of dinuclear complexes, [Ln(N(o-PhNC(O)tBu)3)(DMF)]2(μ-DMF) (Ln = La (1), Ce (2), Nd(3)), in good yields. Syntheses of tetranuclear complexes, [Ln(N(o-PhNC(O)tBu)3)]4 (Ln = Ce (4), Nd(5)), resulted from protonolysis of Ln[N(SiMe3)2]3 (Ln = Ce, Nd) with N(o-PhNCH(O)tBu)3. In the solid-state, complexes 1-5 exhibit coordination modes of the tripodal tris(amidate) ligand that are unique to the 4f elements and have not been previously observed in transition metal systems.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4064-4075
Number of pages12
JournalInorganic chemistry
Volume54
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 20 2015

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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