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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
The reaction of the compartmental ligand N,N′,N″-trimethyl-N,N″-bis(2-hydroxy-3-methoxy-5-methylbenzyl)diethylenetriamine (H2L) with Zn(NO3)2·6H2O and subsequently with Ln(NO3)3·5H2O (LnIII = Gd and Yb) and triethylamine in MeOH using a 1:1:1:1 molar ratio leads to the formation of the tetranuclear complexes {(μ3-CO3)2[Zn(μ-L)Gd(NO3)]2}·4CH3OH (1) and{(μ3-CO3)2[Zn(μ-L)Yb(H2O)]2}(NO3)2·4CH3OH (2). When the reaction was performed in the absence of triethylamine, the dinuclear compound [Zn(μ-L)(μ-NO3)Yb(NO3)2] (3) is obtained. The structures of 1 and 2 consist of two diphenoxo-bridged ZnII–LnIII units connected by two carbonate bridging ligands. Within the dinuclear units, ZnII and LnIII ions occupy the N3O2 inner and the O4 outer sites of the compartmental ligand, respectively. The remaining positions on the LnIII ions are occupied by oxygen atoms belonging to the carbonate bridging …
Publisher: 
American Chemical Society
Publication date: 
5 Mar 2014
Authors: 

José Ruiz, Giulia Lorusso, Marco Evangelisti, Euan K Brechin, Simon JA Pope, Enrique Colacio

Biblio References: 
Volume: 53 Issue: 7 Pages: 3586-3594
Origin: 
Inorganic chemistry