η 6 -Arene(iodido-/bromido-aluminato)lanthanoid(III) complexes, [Ln(η -C H 5 Me)(AlI 4 ) 3 ] [ Ln = La ( 1 ), Ce 2 Nd (Gd) ); C Me toluene], -1,3,5)(AlI [Ln Pr 7 8 Sm 9 Gd 10 -1,3,5 mesitylene], and Me)(AlBr 11 12 13 )] were prepared by reactions of aluminium triiodide or tribromide with the corresponding lanthanoid metals 1,2-diiodoethane 1,2-dibromoethane in an arene (toluene mesitylene) solu...

The segmental bidentate-tridentate-bidentate ligand L2 reacts with M(II) (M = Cr, Zn) and Ln(III) (Ln = La, Eu, Gd, Tb, Lu) to give the heterotrimetallic triple-stranded helicates [MLnM(L2)3]7+. For M = Zn(II), the isolated complexes [ZnLnZn(L2)3](CF3SO3)7 (Ln = Eu, Tb) display only lanthanide-centred luminescence arising from the pseudo-tricapped trigonal prismatic LnN9 coordination site. For ...

Rare examples of phenoxido-bridged Fe III –Ln binuclear complexes are synthesized, and their dynamic static magnetic properties rationalized by ab initio calculations.

A novel bis(phosphinimine)pyrrole based ligand (HL) and its synthesis are reported. Rare earth dialkyl complexes of the ligand, LLn(CH(2)SiMe(3))(2) (Ln = Er, Lu, Sc), have been prepared and found to exhibit high thermal stability in solution. The protio-ligand and dialkyl lanthanide complexes (Ln = Er, Lu) have been characterised by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies.

A series of neutral rare-earth metal amides containing different achiral and chiral heteroscorpionate ligands was synthesized and characterized and these compounds were employed in the polymerization of cyclic esters. Thus, treatment of [Ln{N(SiHMe(2))(2)}(3)(thf)(2)] (Ln = Nd, Sm) with acetamide or thioacetamide heteroscorpionate ligands for 2 h at 0 °C afforded the α-agostic silylamido dimeri...

To tune the lanthanide luminescence in related molecular structures, we synthesized and characterized a series of lanthanide complexes with imidazole-based ligands: two tripodal ligands, tris{[2-{(1-methylimidazol-2-yl)methylidene}amino]ethyl}amine (Me(3)L), and tris{[2-{(imidazol-4-yl)methylidene}amino]ethyl}amine (H(3)L), and the dipodal ligand bis{[2-{(imidazol-4-yl)methylidene}amino]ethyl}a...

Two heterometallic thiacalix[4]arene-supported complexes possess a trinary-cubane core composed of one [Ni(2)Ln(2)] cubane unit and two [NaNi(2)Ln] cubane units sharing one Ln(III) ion (Ln = Dy and Tb). Only the Dy(III) complex exhibits slow magnetic relaxation behaviour of single molecule magnet nature.

To determine whether subendothelial laminins (LNs) could be implicated in the extravasation of neoplastic lymphocytes, we have examined the distribution of a number of LN isoforms in human vascular structures of adult individuals and have assayed the ability of the isolated LN molecules to promote adhesion of lymphoma and leukemic cells in vitro using a novel cell adhesion assay, CAFCA, Centrif...

Tetraethylaluminates of the divalent lanthanides ytterbium and samarium were grafted onto large-pore cubic periodic mesoporous silica (PMS) KIT-6, which had been dehydroxylated at 500 degrees C (specific surface area a(s): 500 m(2)g(-1); mesopore volume V(p): 1.06 cm(3)g(-1); main pore diameter: 85 A). The bimetallic materials [Ln(AlEt(4))(2)]@KIT-6(-500) were analysed by DRIFT spectroscopy, el...

A newly synthesized aromatic polyaminocarboxylate (NBD-ABEDTA, H(4)L) was applied to precapillary derivatizing capillary electrophoresis as a chelating reagent for lanthanide ions (Ln(3+)). The Ln-L complexes provide both kinetic stability on dissociation due to their methyl-EDTA coordinating structure, and high light absorptivity (epsilon(max) = 2.4 x 10(4) cm(-1) mol(-1) dm(3)) in the visible...