Synthesis and structure of low-coordinate lanthanide(iii) complexes with a 1,8-dibromocarbazolide ligand
摘要
Rare-earth metal tris(carbazolide) complexes [Ln(NC12H4-3,6-But2-1,8-Br2)3] (Ln = Y, Tb, Dy, Ho) were synthesized by the alkane elimination starting from 1,8-dibromo-3,6-di-tert-butyl-9H-carbazole (3,6-But2-1,8-Br2CarbH) and [Ln(CH2SiMe3)3(THF)2] in a molar ratio of 3: 1. According to the X-ray diffraction analysis, the complexes [Ln(NC12H4-3,6-But2-1,8-Br2)3] contain formally three-coordinate Ln atoms and crystallize as racemates consisting of equal amounts of Δ and Λ enantiomers, differing in the direction of inclination of the carbazolide planes with respect to the plane formed by the nitrogen atoms of three carbazolide ligands.