Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of [Eu(η6-C6Me6)(AlCl4)2]4; the first cyclotetrameric lanthanide(II) complex with a neutral π-ligand
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 6,p. 480-481
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39920000480
Abstract
The reaction of EuCl3, AlCl3 and C6Me6 in toluene gives the EuII complex [Eu(η6-C6Me6)(AlCl4)2]4; X-ray crystal determination shows the molecule to be a cyclotetramer, in which the four Eu(C6Me6)AlCl4 units are connected via four groups of η2-AlCl4.Keywords
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