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Organoamido- and aryloxo-lanthanides-VII. The x-ray structure of five-coordinate [La(OC6H6Ph2-2,6)3(THF)2]·THF

G. B. Deacon, B. M. Gatehouse, Q. Shen, G. N. Ward, E. R T Thiekink

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Abstract

The X-ray crystal structure of [La(Odpp)3(THF)2]·THF (Odpp = OC6H3Ph2-2,6), prepared by reaction of lanthanum metal, bis(pentafluorophenyl)mercury and 2,6-diphenylphenol in THF, shows distorted trigonal-bipyramidal stereochemistry for lanthanum. A phenolate oxygen [LaO 2.25(1) Å] and a THF oxygen [LaO 2.68(2) Å] occupy apical positions [OLaO 165.9(4)°], whilst two phenolate oxygens [LaO 2.25(1), 2.234(9) Å] and a THF oxygen [LaO 2.52(1) Å] occupy trigonal positions [OLaO 122.1(4), 124.8(5), 96.5(6)°]. The apical LaO(THF) distance is exceptionally and unexpectedly long. Unit cell data for [Nd(Odpp)3(THF)2]·THF suggest that it is isostructural with the lanthanum compound.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1289-1294
Number of pages6
JournalPolyhedron
Volume12
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1993

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