Dichloridobis(methanol-κO)[cis-(±)-2,4,5-tris-(pyridin-2-yl)-2-imidazoline-κ(3)N(2),N(3),N(4)]ytterbium(III) chloride
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From Molecules to Materials: Engineering New Ionic Liquid Crystals Through Halogen Bonding
Published on: March 24, 2018
Abstract:
In the crystal structure of the title complex, [YbCl(2)(C(18)H(15)N(5))(CH(3)OH)(2)]Cl, the pseudo-penta-gonal-bipyramidal coordination geometry of the Yb(III) cation is composed of three N atoms from one cis-(±)-2,4,5-tris-(pyridin-2-yl)imidazoline (HL) ligand, two O atoms from two methanol mol-ecules and two Cl(-) anions. Chains are formed along [010] through N-H⋯Cl, O-H⋯Cl and O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds.
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