Synthesis and Structure of the First Molecular Thulium(II) Complex: [TmI2(MeOCH2CH2OMe)3]

1997/02/03 by M.N. Bochkarev, Igor L. Fedushkin, Anatoly A. Fagin +4 · 1 citation
Materials Science · Chemistry · #Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes #Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis

paper · doi:10.1002/anie.199701331

openalex publication_date 1997/02/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

Divalent 4f element chemistry can now be expanded from Eu, Yb, and Sm to include Tm since a synthetic route to the first crystallographically characterizable molecular complex to TmII has been found. The intense green title complex was isolated from the reaction of TmI3 and Tm in dimethoxyethane. The photosensitive complex has the pentagonal-bipyramidal structure shown on the right.

Citations

• Application of lanthanide reagents in organic synthesis
• Revised effective ionic radii and systematic studies of interatomic distances in halides and chalcogenides

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• Lanthanide [wikipedia]