ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF ADDUCTS OF Nd(III) CARBOXYLATE COMPLEXES DETERMINED BY DFT AND XPS METHODS

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and quantum chemistry methods are used to study Nd(tol) 3 and Nd(сor) 3 carboxylate complexes and their adducts with 1,10-phenanthroline (Nd(tol) 3 Phen and Nd(сor) 3 Phen 2 ). The electronic structure and specific features of the nature of chemical bonds are studied, as well as the effect of 1,10-phenanthroline on the electronic structure of the adduct. We propose the band assignment of the valence band of the XPS spectra of all compounds.