Abstract Lanthanide triflates have been used to incorporate NdIIIand SmIIIions into the 2.2.2‐cryptand ligand (crypt) to explore their reductive chemistry. The Ln(OTf)3complexes (Ln=Nd, Sm; OTf=SO3CF3) react with crypt in THF to form the THF‐soluble complexes [LnIII(crypt)(OTf)2][OTf] with two triflates bound to the metal encapsulated in the crypt. Reduction of these LnIII‐in‐crypt complexes using KC8in THF forms the neutral LnII‐in‐crypt triflate complexes [LnII(crypt)(OTf)2]. DFT calculations on [NdII(crypt)]2+], the first NdIIcryptand complex, assign a 4f4electron configuration to this ion.
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Synthesis of Ba(II) analogs of Ln(II)-in-(2.2.2-cryptand) and layered hexagonal net Ln(II) complexes, [(THF)Cs(µ–η5:η5–C5H4SiMe3)3LnII]
- Award ID(s):
- 1855328
- PAR ID:
- 10349292
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Polyhedron
- Volume:
- 210
- Issue:
- C
- ISSN:
- 0277-5387
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 115493
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation