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Reduction chemistry yields stable and soluble divalent lanthanide tris(pyrazolyl)borate complexes

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CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 59, Issue 15, Pages 2134-2137

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d2cc03189b

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Reduction of heteroleptic Ln(iii) precursors [Ln(Tp)(2)(OTf)] yielded homoleptic Ln(ii) complexes 1-Eu and 1-Yb. Both complexes showed good solubility and stability in various solvents. Complex 1-Eu exhibited photoluminescence and single-crystal X-ray diffraction data revealed a unique coordination mode of the Tp ligand.
Reduction of the heteroleptic Ln(iii) precursors [Ln(Tp)(2)(OTf)] (Tp = hydrotris(1-pyrazolyl)borate; OTf = triflate) with either an aluminyl(i) anion or KC8 yielded the adduct-free homoleptic Ln(ii) complexes dimeric 1-Eu [{Eu(Tp)(mu-kappa(1):eta(5)-Tp)}(2)] and monomeric 1-Yb [Yb(Tp)(2)]. Complexes 1-Ln have good solubility and stability in both non-coordinating and coordinating solvents. Reaction of 1-Ln with 2 Ph3PO yielded 1-Ln(OPPh3)(2). All complexes are intensely coloured and 1-Eu is photoluminescent. The electronic absorption data show the 4f-5d electronic transitions in Ln(ii). Single-crystal X-ray diffraction data reveal first mu-kappa(1):eta(5)-coordination mode of the unsubstituted Tp ligand to lanthanides in 1-Eu.

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