Lanthanides crystal structure

The structural phase transitions in thulium have been studied to 195 GPa (Montgomery et al., 2011). The lanthanide crystal structure sequence, hep Sm-type dhep dfee, is observed below 70 GPa. It is to be noted that the pure/cc phase is not seen in this study. The hexagonal hR24 phase (Montgomery et al., 2011) and orthorhombic Cmmm (Pravica et al., 2006) are used... 

The rapid rise of the hep-Sm-type phase boundary beyond Tm (fig. 123), and the anomalous high pressures of transformation in Y (hep - Sm-type, Sm-type dhep and dhep - fee) relative to lanthanide elements was cited by Gschneidner (1985b) as evidence for 4f valence electron hybridization having a significant role in determining the lanthanide crystal structure. He noted, however, that d occupation number probably is more important in determining which crystal structure would form, as had been proposed by others (e.g., see Duthie and Pettifor, 1977 Skriver, 1983). 

Crystal Structure and Ionic Radii. Crystal stmcture data have provided the basis for the ionic radii (coordination number = CN = 6), which are summarized in Table 9 (13,14,17). For both and ions there is an actinide contraction, analogous to the lanthanide contraction, with increasing positive charge on the nucleus. 

As was the case with lanthanide crystal spectra (25), we found that a systematic analysis could be developed by examining differences, AP, between experimentally-established actinide parameter values and those computed using Hartree-Fock methods with the inclusion of relativistic corrections (24), as illustrated in Table IV for An3+. Crystal-field effects were approximated based on selected published results. By forming tabulations similar to Table IV for 2+, 4+, 5+ and 6+ spectra, to the extent that any experimental data were available to test the predictions, we found that the AP-values for Pu3+ provided a good starting point for approximating the structure of plutonium spectra in other valence states. However,... 

In a similar manner, treatment of anhydrous rare-earth chlorides with 3 equivalents of lithium 1,3-di-ferf-butylacetamidinate (prepared in situ from di-ferf-butylcarbodiimide and methyllithium) in THF at room temperature afforded LnlMeCfNBuOils (Ln = Y, La, Ce, Nd, Eu, Er, Lu) in 57-72% isolated yields. X-ray crystal structures of these complexes demonstrated monomeric formulations with distorted octahedral geometry about the lanthanide(III) ions (Figure 20, Ln = La). The new complexes are thermally stable at >300°C, and sublime... 

Reactions of UCI4 with [Li RC(NCy)2 (THF)]2 (R = Me, Bu ) in THF gave the tris(amidinate) compounds [RC(NCy)2]3UCl that could be reduced with lithium powder in THF to the dark-green homoleptic uranium(lll) complexes [RC(NCy)2]3U. Comparison of the crystal structure of [MeC(NCy)2]3U with those of the lanthanide analog showed that the average U-N distance is shorter than expected from a purely ionic bonding model. ... 

Hexaborides of a CaBg type are formed by K, the alkaline earths, Y and the larger lanthanides, as well as Th and some actinides ". The crystal structure of these compounds with cubic symmetry (Pm3m, O, ) (see Fig. 1) is characterized by a three-dimensional skeleton of Bg boron octahedra, the interstices of which are filled by metal atoms. The connection between two octahedra is by a B—B bond of length 1.66 X 10 pm, whereas the B—B bond lengths in one octahedron are 1.76 X 10 pm. ... 

Previously, all these variations led to the discovery of lanthanide nitridoborates. Products were obtained as powders or single crystals, and crystal structures... 

Vikram L, Sivasankar BN (2008) New nine coordinated hydrated heavier lanthanide ethyl-diamine tetraacetates containing hydrazinium cation Crystal structure of N2H5[Dy(EDTA) (H20)3(H20)5. Ind J Chem 47A 25-31... 

Abstract Amino acids are the basic building blocks in the chemistry of life. This chapter describes the controllable assembly, structures and properties of lathanide(III)-transition metal-amino acid clusters developed recently by our group. The effects on the assembly of several factors of influence, such as presence of a secondary ligand, lanthanides, crystallization conditions, the ratio of metal ions to amino acids, and transition metal ions have been expounded. The dynamic balance of metalloligands and the substitution of weak coordination bonds account for the occurrence of diverse structures in this series of compounds. 

Figs. 12 and 13 show the crystal structure of 6-Gd. Four of the linear POM-catalyst dicarboxylic acid units, 5, are linked by di-lanthanide paddle wheel junctions (Fig. 12) into the open-framework material 96). Fig. 13 shows the large channels in 6-Gd. These are filled with dimethylformamide (DMF) molecules that are hard to remove (the boiling point of DMF at 1.0 atmosphere — 151 °C). Thus while the solvent-accessible internal volume of 6-Gd is 50.5% of the crystal... 

Radonovich and Click [156) in 1971 reported the crystal structure of Pr(terp)Cl3 8H2O complex, which they prepared by the original method of Sinha [157), for the preparation of mono-terpyridyl-lanthanide(III) chlorides, [M(terp)Cl3 wHaO], where terp =2,2, 2"-terpyridyl and has the following structure. When... 

The lanthanide trichlorides have three different crystal structures. The trichlorides of the lighter lanthanides (La—Gd) have the UCI3 type (P63/OT) structure, while the trichlorides of the lanthanides heavier than terbium have the YCI3 type (C2/ot) structure 67, 174, 175). Terbium trichloride and a second form of DyCls have a third structure (PuBr3 type, Cmcni) 176). 

Perchlorate ion complexes, 28 255-299 with cobalt group metals, 28 265-268 coordination types, 28 256-260 with copper group metals, 28 273-283 with early transition metals, 28 260-263 electronic spectra. 28 258-259 ESR spectra, 28 260 infrared and Raman spectra, 28 257-258 with iron group metals, 28 263-265 with lanthanides, 28 260-265, 287-288 magnetic susceptibility, 28 260 molar conductivities, 28 260 with nickel group metals. 28 268-273 X-ray crystal structure analysis, 28 256-257... 

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