Lanthanide(III) Sandwich and Half‐Sandwich Complexes with Bulky Cyclooctatetraenyl Ligands: Synthesis, Structures, and Magnetic Properties

Volker Lorenz, Phil Liebing, Michael Böhme, Axel Buchholz, Winfried Plass, Niklas Geue, Liane Hilfert, Sabine Busse, Felix Engelhardt, Cristian G. Hrib, Frank T. Edelmann

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Abstract

Five new lanthanide(III) sandwich and half‐sandwich complexes with bulky cyclooctatetraenyl ligands have been prepared and fully characterized, including single‐crystal X‐ray structure determination. The treatment of anhydrous lanthanide(III) chlorides, LnCl3 (Ln = Pr, Tb, Yb), with 2 equivalents of Li2COT′′ [COT′′ = 1,4‐bis(trimethylsilyl)cyclooctatetraene dianion] followed by crystallization in the presence of a coordinating solvent afforded the anionic sandwich complexes [Li(THF)4][Pr(COT′′)2] (1), [Li(DME)3][Tb(COT′′)2] (2; DME = 1,2‐dimethoxyethane), and [Li(TMEDA)2][Yb(COT′′)2] (3; TMEDA = N,N,N′,N′‐tetramethylethylenediamine). Attempted oxidation of 2 with silver iodide did not afford the neutral terbium(IV) sandwich complex [Tb(COT′′)2]. Instead, the tri(µ‐iodido)‐bridged dinuclear half‐sandwich complex [Li(DME)2][Tb2(µ‐I)3(COT′′)2] (4) was isolated in 72 % yield. In this complex, the Li(DME)2 fragment is attached to one of the µ‐iodido ligands. A closely related binuclear lutetium complex, [Li(DME)3][Lu2(µ‐Cl)3(COTbig)2]·DME (5), was obtained by using the “superbulky“ COTbig ligand [COTbig = 1,4‐bis(triphenylsilyl)cyclooctatetraenyl dianion]. In addition to the spectroscopic and structural characterization, the magnetic properties of the paramagnetic terbium(III) derivative 2 have been investigated and further complemented by ab initio computational methods. These results have been used to discuss the structural requirements for potential terbium(III) single‐ion magnets.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4840
Number of pages4849
JournalEuropean Journal of Organic Chemistry
Volume2017
Issue number41
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Nov 2017

Keywords

  • Ab initio calculations
  • Cyclooctatetraenyl ligands
  • Lanthanides
  • X-Ray diffraction
  • Magnetic properties

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