Pyridinium Salts of Dehydrated Lanthanide Polychlorides
- Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
The reaction of lanthanide (Ln) chloride hydrates ([Ln(H2O)n(Cl)3]) with pyridine (py) yielded a set of dehydrated pyridinium (py-H) Ln-polychloride salts. These species were crystallographically characterized as [[py-H-py][py-H]2[LnCl6]] (Ln-6; Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd) or [[py-H]2[LnCl5(py)]] ((Ln-5; Ln = Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu). The Ln-6 metal centers adopt an octahedral (OC-6) geometry, binding six Cl ligands. The -3 charge is off-set by two py-H moieties and a di-pyridinium (py-H-py) ion. For the Ln-5 species, an OC-6 anion is formed by the Ln cation binding a single py and five Cl ligands. The remaining -2 charge is offset by two py-H+ cations that H-bond to the anion. Significant H-bonding occurs between the various cation/anion moieties inducing the molecular stability. The change in structure from the Ln-6 to Ln-5 is believed to be due to the Ln-contraction producing a smaller unit cell, which prevents formation of the py-H-py+ cation, leading to the loss of the H-bonding-induced stability. Based on this, it was determined that the Ln-5 structures only exist when the lattice energy is small. While dehydrated polychloride salts can be produced by simply mixing in pyridine, the final structures adopted result from a delicate balance of cation size, Coulombic charge, and stabilizing H-bonding.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 2469916
- Journal Information:
- Molecules, Journal Name: Molecules Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 28; ISSN 1420-3049
- Publisher:
- MDPICopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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