A series of lanthanide-doped nonanuclear yttrium(III) clusters with general formulas (Y(9-x)Ln(x))(acac)(16)(μ(3)-OH)(8)(μ(4)-O)(μ(4)-OH) (Ln = Pr, Eu, Tb, Dy, and Yb) were synthesized. Characterization by single-crystal X-ray diffraction allowed for analysis of relative populations of yttrium (Z = 39) and dopant trivalent lanthanide (Z = 59-70) at every crystallographic metal position. Nonuniform distribution of ions along the three different sites seems to be correlated to the site volume and the ratio of ionic radii. In support, luminescence spectra of europium(III)-doped nonanuclear clusters were measured over a wide range of dopant concentrations. Emission intensities of peaks characteristic of specific sites correlate well with the site population determined through X-ray diffraction.
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Inorg Chem
December 2010
Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada.
A series of lanthanide-doped nonanuclear yttrium(III) clusters with general formulas (Y(9-x)Ln(x))(acac)(16)(μ(3)-OH)(8)(μ(4)-O)(μ(4)-OH) (Ln = Pr, Eu, Tb, Dy, and Yb) were synthesized. Characterization by single-crystal X-ray diffraction allowed for analysis of relative populations of yttrium (Z = 39) and dopant trivalent lanthanide (Z = 59-70) at every crystallographic metal position. Nonuniform distribution of ions along the three different sites seems to be correlated to the site volume and the ratio of ionic radii.
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July 2007
Laboratoire des Multimatériaux et Interfaces (UMR 5615), Campus de La Doua, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
Starting from a molecular cubane [Cu(4)L(4)] (1, with LH(2) = 1,1,1-trifluoro-7-hydroxy-4-methyl-5-aza-hept-3-en-2-one), we successfully replaced one and then two copper(II) ions of the cubane core by lanthanide ions to elaborate new families of 3d-4f complexes. Here, we report the syntheses, crystal structures, magnetic properties, and theoretical description of the tetranuclear copper(II) complex [Cu(4)L(4)] (1, [Cu(4)]) together with original yttrium(III) and gadolinium(III) heterometallic derivatives: [YCu(3)L(3)(hfac)(3)](-) (2, [YCu(3)]); [GdCu(3)L(3)(hfac)(3)](-) (3, [GdCu(3)]); [Y(3)Cu(6)L(6)(OH)(6)(MeOH)(6)(H(2)O)(6)](3+) (4, [Y(3)Cu(6)]); [Gd(3)Cu(6)L(6)(OH)(6)(MeOH)(6)(H(2)O)(6)](3+) (5, [Gd(3)Cu(6)]). 1 crystallizes in the P2(1)/c monoclinic space group with a cubane-like structure and shows ferromagnetic behavior.
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