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Synthesis of a Water-soluble Metal–Organic Complex Array
Published on: October 8, 2016
Octakis(epsilon-caprolactam-kappaO)erbium(III) hexaisothiocyanatochromate(III)
Elisaveta V Cherkasova1, Eugenia V Peresypkina, Alexander V Virovets
1Kusbass State Technical University, 28 Vesennyaya Street, Kemerovo 650026, Russian Federation.
Abstract:
The title compound, [Er(C(6)H(11)NO)(8)][Cr(NCS)(6)], is a new structure type for [Ln(epsilon-caprolactam)(8)][Cr(NCS)(6)], where Ln is a lanthanide. There are two independent cations and two independent anions in the asymmetric unit. The Er atom is in a distorted square-antiprismatic environment of eight O atoms of the organic ligands; Er-O bond distances are in the range 2.29-2.44 A. The coordination environment of the Cr atom is a slightly distorted octahedron; Cr-N bond distances vary from 1.99 to 2.01 A. The mutual packing of the cations and the anions follows a distorted NaCl motif. One cation has the Er atom on a twofold axis and one of the anions has the Cr atom on a twofold axis.
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