A comparison of 3,4,6a,7,10,10a-hexahydro-7,10-epoxypyrimido[2,1-a]isoindol-6(2H)-one and 2-(2-aminoethyl)-3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-1H-4,7-epoxyisoindole-1,3(2H)-dione: structural and reactivity differences of two homologous tricyclic imides.

The crystal structures of 3,4,6a,7,10,10a-hexahydro-7,10-epoxypyrimido[2,1-a]isoindol-6(2H)-one, C11H12N2O2, and 2-(2-aminoethyl)-3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-1H-4,7-epoxyisoindole-1,3(2H)-dione, C10H12N2O3, two tricyclic imides, show one and two molecules in the asymmetric unit, respectively. Intermolecular hydrogen-bonding interactions are observed in both compounds.

Anion-dependent construction of two hexanuclear 3d-4f complexes with a flexible Schiff base ligand.

Two hexanuclear 3d-4f Ni-Eu and Cu-Eu complexes [Eu(4)Ni(2)L(2)(OAc)(12)(EtOH)(2)] (1) and [Eu(4)Cu(2)L(2)(OAc)(12)]·2H(2)O (2) are reported which are formed from the salen type Schiff-base ligand H(2)L (H(2)L = N,N'-bis(3-methoxysalicylidene)butane-1,4-diamine). In both complexes, four Eu(3+) cations are bridged by eight OAc(-) groups and the chain is terminated at each end by two ML (M = Ni and Cu) units. The structures of 1 and 2 were determined by single crystal X-ray crystallographic studies and the luminescence properties of the free ligand and metal complexes in solution were measured.

{N,N-Bis[2-(diphenyl-phosphan-yl)eth-yl]-aniline}(η-dibenzyl-ideneacetone)-palladium(0).

In the title complex, [Pd(C(34)H(33)NP(2))(C(17)H(14)O)], the Pd(0) atom is coordinated in a trigonal planar geometry formed by two P atoms of a bis-[(diphenyl-phosphino)eth-yl]aniline ligand and a C=C (η(2)) bond involving the C atoms that are in the α,β positions relative to the central ketone of the dibenzyl-ideneacetone ligand.

Construction of 1-D 4f and 3d-4f coordination polymers with flexible Schiff base ligands.

Three new lanthanide 1-D coordination polymers ({[Ln(2)(H(2)L)(OAc)(6)]·EtOH·2H(2)O}(n) (Ln = Eu (1), Er (2)) and {YbNiLCl(OAc)(2)(H(2)O)}(n) (3)) and a heterobinuclear complex [YbNiLCl(3)(H(2)O)(3)] (4) are reported which are formed from salen type Schiff-base ligands H(2)L (H(2)L = N,N'-bis(3-methoxysalicylidene)butane-1,4-diamine). The polymeric structures are formed by bridging H(2)L units in the case of 1 and 2, and by acetate groups in 3. The structures of 1-4 were determined by single crystal X-ray crystallographic studies and their luminescence properties in MeCN solution were determined.

Synthesis, characterization, and photophysical properties of a thiophene-functionalized bis(pyrazolyl) pyridine (BPP) tricarbonyl rhenium(I) complex.

A bromo tricarbonyl rhenium(I) complex with a thiophene-functionalized bis(pyrazolyl) pyridine ligand (L), ReBr(L)(CO)(3) (1), has been synthesized and characterized by variable temperature and COSY 2-D (1)H NMR spectroscopy, single-crystal X-ray diffraction, and photophysical methods. Complex 1 is highly luminescent in both solution and solid-state, consistent with phosphorescence from an emissive (3)MLCT excited state with an additional contribution from a LC (3)(pi-->pi*) transition. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction structure of the title ligand is also reported.

Europium complexes of a novel ethylenedioxythiophene-derivatized bis(pyrazolyl)pyridine ligand exhibiting efficient lanthanide sensitization.

A new class of highly luminescent nine-coordinated europium(III) tris(beta-diketonate) bis[(ethylenedioxythiophene)pyrazolyl]pyridine (L) complexes has been synthesized and the photophysical properties studied: 1 = Eu(hfac)(3)(L); 2 = Eu(tta)(3)(L); 3 = Eu(btfac)(3)(L). The solid-state structure of complex 1 has been determined by single-crystal X-ray crystallography and shows the geometry of the local coordination environment around the Eu(III) ion to be a slightly distorted tricapped trigonal prism. Luminescence lifetimes were found to be 581, 473, and 576 micros for complexes 1-3, respectively.

Potassium bis-(1,1,1,5,5,5-hexa-fluoro-pentane-2,4-dionato)bis-(4,4,4-trifluoro-1-phenyl-butane-1,3-dionato)europate(III).

In the crystal structure of the title complex, K[Eu(C(5)HF(6)O(2))(2)(C(10)H(6)F(3)O(2))(2)], the Eu(III) ion is in a slightly distorted square-anti-prismatic coordination geometry which is defined by eight O atoms of the anionic β-diketone ligands. The two K(+) ions lie on crystallographic inversion centers. The Eu-O bond distances are in the range 2.

{μ-6,6'-Dimeth-oxy-2,2'-[butane-1,4-diylbis(nitrilo-methyl-idyne)]diphenolato-1:2κO,O,O,O:O,N,N',O}tris-(nitrato-1κO,O')copper(II)gadolinium(III).

In the title dinuclear complex, [CuGd(C(20)H(22)N(2)O(4))(NO(3))(3)], the Cu(II) ion is located in the inner N(2)O(2) cavity of the Schiff base ligand and adopts a distorted square-planar geometry. The Gd(III) ion is ten-coordinate being bound to ten O atoms, four from the Schiff base ligand and six from three bidentate nitrate anions. The Cu(II) and Gd(III) ions are linked by two phenolate O atoms of the Schiff base ligand, with a separation of 3.