Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 2022, Issue 26, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202200235
Keywords
Cooperative effects; Heterobimetallic complexes; Homobimetallic complexes; Lanthanides; Tripodal ligands
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- University of Strasbourg (France)
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In this study, the coordination properties of a series of lanthanide cations with a tripodal homoditopic ligand were investigated. The results showed the significance of balancing the rigidity of the ligand structure and the flexibility of the side arms in accommodating two trivalent cations in a supramolecular ensemble.
We report here on the coordination properties of a series of lanthanide cations (Ln=La, Nd, Eu, Tb, Er) with a tripodal homoditopic ligand L, which is bearing three diamido-dihydroxamate arms anchored on a tertiary amine. The complexes of L with lanthanides were studied in a MeOH/H2O (80/20 by weight) solvent and a marked size-discriminating effect depending on the intramolecular interactions was observed in the tripodal dinuclear lanthanide edifice. Positive cooperative effects favour the formation of the bimetallic LLn(2) complexes compared with the monometallic analogues for the heavier lanthanide cations (Eu, Tb, Er), while the lighter ones (La, Nd) show a decrease of cooperative interactions in the corresponding bimetallic species. Moreover, increased levels of heterobimetallic complexes are detected for Ln(III) pairs containing a lighter Ln(III) ion and a heavier one. In contrast with the adjunctive ligand exchange reported for LFe2 and CDTA, the corresponding substitution reaction for LLn(2) occurs according to a disjunctive mechanism. Our work thus highlights the importance of the balance between the rigidity of a tripodal structure and the flexibility of the side arms to accommodate two trivalent cations in a supramolecular ensemble.
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