Affiliation:
1. Chemistry, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Barbarastr. 7, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
Abstract
The structural parameters of the rare-earth diacetate halide trihydrates, RE(OAc)2Hal·3H2O with RE = Ce − (Pm) − Lu and Hal = Cl, Br, have been determined by low temperature, high-resolution SCXRD in order to examine the effect of lanthanide contraction on the coordination geometry in this series of isomorphous compounds consisting of cationic, acetate-bridged, non-linear, one-dimensional coordination polymers of composition [RE(H2O)3(OAc)2]+ and laterally hydrogen bonded halide ions, Hal−. Although the shrinkage of the unit cell volume follows lanthanide contraction very well over the complete range of investigated RE elements, many other parameters (i.e., lattice constants, angles and distances in the RE··· RE alignment, RE-O bond lengths, etc.) exhibit a more complex response on lanthanide contraction often expressed by sigmoid curves that can be ascribed to a continuous transition from CN9 (RE = Ce) to CN8 (RE = Lu) as one acetate group loses the chelate function, an effect accompanied by significant structural changes of the carboxylate group. Therefore, data are best analyzed by use of two subsets represented by the two different structure types of Ce and Lu, the structural features of which change with decreasing/increasing the size of RE3+, up to the borderline between both subsets.
Funder
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science,General Chemical Engineering
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