Reactions of laser-ablated lanthanoid atoms (except for radioactive Pm) with carbon dioxide molecules in solid argon have been investigated using matrix-isolation infrared spectroscopy. On the basis of isotopic shifts, mixed isotopic splitting patterns, and CCl4-doping experiments, the lanthanoid oxocarbonyl complexes have been identified. Density functional theory calculations have been perfor...

Although metal-metal bonding is important in the chemistry of both solid-state intermetallic compounds and molecular species, the study of this bonding is limited by the compounds available and it is rarely possible to identify connections between these two areas. In this study, molecular intermetalloids [Ln(ReCp(2))(3)] (Ln = Sm, Lu and La) have been synthesized that contain lanthanoid metals ...

Lanthanoid ions exhibit extremely large anomalous X-ray scattering at their L(III) absorption edge. They are thus well suited for anomalous diffraction experiments. A novel class of lanthanoid complexes has been developed that combines the physical properties of lanthanoid atoms with functional chemical groups that allow non-covalent binding to proteins. Two structures of large multimeric prote...

This review aims to provide an overview of recent examples of lanthanoid-calixarene complexes incorporated into light-emitting materials. Background information on the antenna effect and early work on lanthanoid complexes on calixarenes is provided to set the context. Classes of materials discussed include polymers, nanoparticles, and metal clusters.

Two novel lanthanoid thioantimonates [Sm(4)(tepa)(4)(μ-η(2),η(3)-Sb(3)S(7))(2)(μ-Sb(2)S(4))] (1, tepa = tetraethylenepentamine) and [Eu(2)(tepa)(2)(μ-SbS(3))(μ-OH)](2)(SbS(4))(OH)·H(2)O (2) were solvothermally synthesized. Compound 1 represents the only example of different types of [Sb(3)S(7)](5-) and [Sb(2)S(4)](2-) anions coexisting in the same lanthanoid thioantimonate framework, while 2 di...

Herein, we present two geometrical models based on an effective point-charge approach to provide a full description of the lowest sublevels in lanthanoid single ion magnets (SIMs). The first one, named as the Radial Effective Charge (REC) model, evaluates the crystal field effect of spherical ligands, e.g. F(-), Cl(-) or Br(-), by placing the effective charge along the Ln-ligand axes. In this c...

Cumulative biomicroscopic evidence is usually sufficient for the diagnosis of recurrent corneal erosion or bullous keratopathy, however, exploration of the disease pathogenesis requires subcellular-level visualization of corneal structure. In the current study, lanthanoid staining and scanning electron microscopy were employed to visualize quite a number of structures responsible for epithelium...

The reaction of lanthanoid metal powders (Ln) with sulfur and cesium azide (CsN3) as a nitrogen source in the presence of lanthanoid tribromides (LnBr3) yields lanthanoid nitride sulfides with the composition Ln4N2S3 (Ln = Ce–Nd) when appropriate molar ratios of the starting material are used. Additional cesium bromide (CsBr) as a flux secures quantitative conversion (7 days) at 900 ◦C in evacu...

The B-type lanthanoid(III) chloride oxoselenates(IV) MCl[SeO3] (M = Sm–Lu) crystallize in the orthorhombic space group Pnma (no. 62) with Z = 4 in the structure type of HoCl[TeO3]. Their lattice constants are decreasing following the lanthanoid contraction from a = 730.01(7), b = 707.90(7), c = 895.64(9) pm for SmCl[SeO3] to a = 714.63(7), b = 681.76(7), c = 864.05(9) pm for LuCl[SeO3]. In cont...

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...