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Unique structural trends in the lanthanoid oxocarbonyl complexes.

Ling Jiang1, Xin-Bo Zhang, Song Han

  • 1National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan.

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Lanthanoid atoms react with carbon dioxide to form novel oxocarbonyl complexes. Their configurations vary across the lanthanoid series, influenced by electron promotion, as confirmed by spectroscopy and theory.

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Area of Science:

  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Computational Chemistry

Background:

  • Lanthanoid elements exhibit unique electronic properties.
  • Understanding metal-CO2 interactions is crucial for catalysis and materials science.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize and characterize lanthanoid oxocarbonyl complexes.
  • To investigate the structural and electronic properties of these complexes.

Main Methods:

  • Matrix-isolation infrared spectroscopy of laser-ablated lanthanoid atoms reacting with CO2 in solid argon.
  • Density functional theory (DFT) calculations.
  • Isotopic shifts, mixed isotopic splitting patterns, and CCl4-doping experiments.
  • Natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis.

Main Results:

  • Lanthanoid oxocarbonyl complexes were successfully identified.
  • Early lanthanoids (La-Sm) formed trans-isomers.
  • Europium and Ytterbium formed side-on-bonded complexes.
  • Late lanthanoids (Gd-Lu) formed cis-isomers.
  • DFT calculations supported experimental findings.

Conclusions:

  • The study reveals a systematic trend in the structural configurations of lanthanoid oxocarbonyl complexes.
  • Electron promotion from 6s and 4f orbitals is key to complex formation.
  • This work provides fundamental insights into lanthanoid-CO2 chemistry.