Structural Systematics of Rare Earth Complexes. XII Solvated 1 : 1 Adducts of Some Lanthanoid(III) Carboxylates with 1,10-Phenanthroline and 2,2′:6′,2″-Terpyridine

A room-temperature single-crystal X-ray structure determination of the 1 : 1 adduct of 1,10-phenanthroline (`phen") with lutetium(III) acetate (as its dihydrate) is recorded. Crystals are triclinic, P 1, a 12·430(8), b 10·681(4), c 8·134(8) Å, α 74·76(6), β 84·81(7), γ 74·29(4)°, Z = 2 f.u.; conventional R on |F| was 0·031 for No 3939 independent ‘observed’ (I > 3σ(I)) diffractometer reflections. The complex [(N,N′-phen)(O,O′-ac)Lu(O-ac-O′)4Lu(O,O′-ac)(N,N′-phen)].2H2O is binuclear, the lutetium being eight-coordinated by bidentate phen and ac (acetate) ligands and four oxygen atoms from the bridging acetate ligands. Also recorded is the structural characterization of 1 : 1 Lu(ac)2Cl/tpy (tpy = 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine) as its pentahydrate; this complex is triclinic, P 1, a 12·410(3), b 11·559(4), c 9·976(4) Å, α 85·19(3), β 70·30(3), γ 65·70(2)°, Z = 2, R 0·049 for No 4717. The complex is shown to be [(tpy)(H2O)2Lu(O2CCH3)2]Cl.3H2O, with the lutetium nine-coordinated by tridentate tpy, a pair of bidentate acetates and two unidentate water molecules, with the chloride uncoordinated. Structural characterizations of a number of 1 : 1 adducts of variously solvated lanthanoid(III) trichloroacetates, Ln(tca)3, with tpy are also recorded. Yb(tca)3/tpy/MeOH (1 : 1 : 1) is triclinic, P 1, a 14·016(4), b 12·951(5), c 9·604(3) Å, α 73·89(3), β 76·56(3), γ 69·20(3)°, Z = 2 f.u., R 0·057 for No 4465. The complex is mononuclear, the eight-coordinate N3YbO5 array containing tridentate tpy, unidentate methanol, and two unidentate and one bidentate chelating anions. 1 : 1 : 1 Ln(tca)3/tpy/OH2 adducts for Ln = La(-)Nd are triclinic, P 1, a ≈ 13·4, b ≈ 12·47, c ≈ 11·5 Å, α ≈ 114·5, β ≈ 89·9, γ ≈ 115·6°, Z = 1 binuclear array, R 0·061, 0·071 for No 3240, 2394. The two Ln atoms are O,O′-bridged by a pair of anions, the N3LnO6 nine-coordinate lanthanoid environment being completed by a tridentate tpy, one water, one unidentate and one bidentate anion. A 1 : 1 : 1 Lu(tca)3/tpy/OH2 array, by contrast, is triclinic, P 1, a 16·569(8), b 14·815(5), c 14·375(6) Å, α 62·05(3), β 81·35(4), γ 77·97(3)°, Z = 4 ‘mononuclear’ f.u., R 0·067 for No 6710. The array, remarkably, contains species of both of the above types in a 1 : 2 binuclear-to-mononuclear ratio, but with water replacing methanol in the mononuclear array.