Synthesis and crystal structure of [Y(C_5Me_4SiMe_3){μ-O(CH_2)_3CH_3}{N(SiHMe_2)_2}]_2

A dimeric yttrium complex [Y(C5Me4SiMe3){μ-O(CH2)3CH3}{N(SiHMe2)2}]2 (1) was isolated as one of the byproducts from the reaction of Y{N(SiHMe2)3}3(THF)2 with C5Me4HSiMe3 in 1:1.1 molar ratio in toluene at 100 C for 2 d.Complex 1 was characterized by elemental analysis,NMR spectroscopy,FT-IR spectroscopy,and X-ray single crystal structure analysis.X-ray diffractions revealed that com-plex 1 was a symmetric dimer,and the center metal Y3+ was six-coordinated by one nitrogen atom from the amide group,two bridgi...     

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Erbium Complex with Tripodal Ligand, N, N, N＇, N＇ N＂ N＂-Hexaisopropyl-2,2＇, 2＂-Nitrilotris （2,1-ethoxy） triacetamide （L）

A new tripodal ligand, N, N, N‘, N‘, N“, N“-hexaisopropyl-2, 2‘, 2“-nitrilotris (2, 1-ethoxy)-triacetamide (L) and its new erbium picrate complex were prepared. The structure of the complex was determined by Xray crystal structure analysis. The result reveals that the Er^3 is encapsulated by the three arms of the tripodal ligand, and nine-coordinated by the bridged-head nitrogen atom, all ether oxygen atoms and carbonyl oxygen atoms of the ligand, and two oxygen atoms of the bidentate picrate. The coordination polyhedron is a distorted monocapped square antiprism.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of N-phenylthiocyano-phenylthioformamide-bis （ η5-methylcyclopentadienyl） （tetrahydrofuran） Samarium （Ⅲ）

The insertion reaction of phenyl isothiocyanate into the Ln-S bond was studied. Phenyl isothiocyanate reacted with [(CH3C5H4)2Sm(SPh)(THF)]2 to give the title complex, (CH3C5H4)2Sm[SC(SPh) NPh](THF),in good yield, which was characterized by elemental analyses, IR, ^1H NMR and X-ray structural determination. The crystal structure analysis of complex shows that samarium atom is coordinated by two CH3C5H4 groups, one O atom of THF, and N and S atoms from the SC(SPh)NPh ligand to form a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal geometry.     

Syntheses of Alkaline Earth and Lanthanide Cryptates with Pyridine-Based Group

New alkaline earth metal cryptates [ML]（NO3）2 ·2H2O （M=Ca^2＋, Sr^2＋, Ba^2＋; L = 1, 4,12,15,18, 26, 31, 39, 42, 43, 44-undecaazapentacyclo- [ 13.13.13.1^6,10 .1^20,24 .1^33,37 ]-tetratetraconta -4, 6, 8, 10（44）, 11, 18, 20, 22, 24（43）, 25, 31, 33, 35, 37（42）, 38-pentadecaene） were synthesized by [2 ＋ 3 ] template condensation of tris（2-aminoethyl） amine with 2, 6-diformylpyridine, and then by transmetallation reactions of the calcium cryptate [CaL] （NO3）2·2H2O with corresponding lanthanide ions; three lanthanide cryptates [ LnL] （NO）3·3H2O （Ln = Eu, Gd, Tb） were synthesized and characterized by physical methods. The crystal structure of the terbium cryptate [TbL] （NO）3·3H2O was studied by X-ray analysis. The central atom was coordinated by three pyridyl and six imino nitrogen atoms and exhibited a distorted tricapped trigonal prismatic coordination geometry.     

Hydrothermal synthesis, crystal structure and luminescence of a europium complex with phenylmalonic acid and 1, 10-phenanthroline

A new complex Eu2（PA）6（phen）2 was prepared with hydrothermal reaction using EuCl3.6H2O, phenylmalonic acid （H2phma）, and 1, 10-phenanthroline （phen）, where PA was the decarboxylated product of HEphma, phenylacetate. The crystal structure of the title complex was determined with the X-ray diffraction. The title complex was a binuclear molecule with an inversion center. Each Eu^3＋ ion was nine-coordinated with two nitrogen atoms from one phen molecule and seven oxygen atoms from five PA ligands. The carboxylic groups were bonded to the Eu^3＋ ion in three modes, the chelating bidentate, the bridging bidentate, and the bridging-chelating tridentate. The complex emits intense red fluorescence under ultraviolet light. The luminescence peaks correspond to the characteristic emission 5D0→7FJ （J=0-4） transitions of the Eu^3＋ ion.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of a novel double 1：11 series arsenotungstate： [Cu^I（phen）2]5H6[Sm（AsW11O39）2]·6H2O

A novel double 1：11 series arsenotungstate, [Cu^I（phen）2]5H6[Sm（AsW11O39）2]·6H2O （phen=1, 10-phenanthroline） was synthesized by the hydrothermal method and characterized by elemental analysis, 1R spectra, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The title compound was monoclinic, space group P2 1/c, a=3.75710（2） nm, b=1.39776（8） nm, c=-3.33735（18） nm, β=96.967（10）°, V=17.3969（17） nm^3, Z=4. Single crystal X-ray structural analyses revealed that the dimeric polyanion, [SmAs2W22O78]^1-, consisted of one central Sm^3＋ ion and two tetradentate heteropoly ligands [ASW11O39]^7-. The Sm^3＋ ion and two tetradentate defective [AsW11O39]^7- anions were joined together by the sharing of four oxygen atoms from each heteropoly ligand. The bond valence sum （BVS） calculations of the title compound suggested that all four Cu atoms were in the ＋1 oxidation sate.     

Hydrothermal synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of a Dy~Ⅲ-Fe~Ⅲ heteronuclear complex

A new 3d-4f heteronuclear complex [Fe(phen)3]2[FeDy(H2O)(tiron)3]·6H2O (1,Na2H2tiron=disodium 4,5-dihydro-xybenzene-1,3disulfonate) was synthesized by the hydrothermal reaction. The complex crystallized in the cubic system, space group P213 with the cell parameters:a=2.18786(14)nm, V=10.4727(12)nm3 , Z=4, F(000)=4720, R1=0.0493, wR2 =0.1165, S=1.05. In each [FeDy(H2O)(tiron)3]6-unit, it was revealed that the Fe3+ ion was in a FeO6 distorted trigonal anti-prism coordination polyhedron completed by six phenolate O atoms from three tiron 4- ligands, while Dy3+ in a DyO7 distorted monocapped trigonal anti-prism coordination polyhedron completed by three phenolate μ2-O atoms and three O atoms from sulfonate groups of three ligands and one O atom from water. The magnetic properties of the complex was determined in the range of 2-300K, indicating the antiferromagnetic interaction between the central DyIII-FeIII ions.     

SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURE DETERMINATION OF NEODYMIUM COMPLEXES WITH CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID

Two complexes,NdL_3·2C_2H_5OH and NdL_3·2H_2O where L=cyclohexane-carboxylate anion,weresynthesized and the structure of the former was determined by the single-crystal X-ray diffration method.The crystal is triclinic,Pspace group with the cell parameters:a=1.2385(6),b=1.2385(6),c=0.9421(5)nm.α=91.69(4)°,β=98.49(4)°,γ=99.16(5)°,Z=2,V=1.436 nm~3.The structure was refined to Rvalue of 0.0866.Each Nd atom is connected with other two Nd atoms by two bidentate and two tridentatecarboxyl groups to form a linear polymer.The Nd atom is further coordinated by a chelating carboxyl andtwo ethanol molecules.So the central atom is nine-coordinated with a distorted monocappedsquare-antiprism geometry.The infrared spectra and the thermal analysis of the complexes were alsostudied.     

Structural Analysis of Eu2Mn2／3Ta4／3O7 with a Pyrochlore-Related Structure

Eu2Mn2/3Ta4/3O7 specimen was synthesized from Eu2O3, MnO and Ta2O5 in a reducing atmosphere. Structure analysis was carried out by Rietveld method from X-ray diffraction data. The X-ray diffraction profile calculated with monoelinic C2/c model was in a good agreement with the observed X-ray diffraction patterns since several small peaks of super lattice could be also assigned with C2/c symmetry in addition to fundamental reflection peaks. Eu2Mn2/3Ta4/3O7 has two kinds of distorted (Mn, Ta)O6 octahedra and HTB layers, which deviates from the regular forms. Europium atoms coordinate to eight or seven oxygen atoms and lead to two kinds of polyhedra, EuO8 and EuO7 in this compound.     

Structure modeling of terbium doped strontium-lanthanum borate

Terbium doped strontium-lanthanum borate, Sr3La2（BO3）4：Tb （SLB）, was studied by semi-empirical computational ap- proaches using PM6 parametrization and the SPARKLE model for lanthanide（Ⅲ） （Ln（Ⅲ）） cations. The focus of interest was on structural aspects, e.g. the cell parameters and distribution of dopant ions between various sites as a function of dopant concentration. The cell linear dimensions were calculated to decrease linearly with increasing dopant molar concentration. SLB offered two sites for the dopant. Calculations predicted that one of these sites should be preferred by the Tb（Ⅲ） dopant. The optimized cell dimensions as well as the total energies differed for structures with dopant exclusively in site 1 or site 2. Computational predictions were tested against experimental results obtained for SLB synthesized by sol-gel method varying the dopant concentration. The agreement be- tween experimental and computational results was found sufficiently promising to continue the computational studies.     

Hydrothermal synthesis and crystal structure study of two novel 3-D mellitates {Nd2[C6（COO）6] （H2O）6} and {Ho2[C6（COO）6]（H2O）6}

Two novel 3-D coordination compounds, Nd2[C6（COO）6]（H2O）6 （1）and Ho2[C6（COO）6]（H2O）6 （2）, were hydrothermaily synthesized from mellitic acid and neodymium perchlorate （or holmium perchlorate） in the alkaline aqueous solution and characterized with elemental analysis, TG, IR spectrum, and single crystal X-ray diffraction. The two compounds were isostructural and crystallized in the orthorhombic system, space group Pnnm, with a=1.3531 （4） nm, b=0.6687 （2） nm, c=1.0224（3） nm, V=0.92523（5） nm^3, Z=4, D=2.630 g/cm^3, F（000）=696.0, Goof=1.052. Final R indices [1 〉2∑（Ⅰ）]： R1=0.0195, wR2=0.0382 for 1; a=1.3411 （2） nm, b=0.6586（1） nm, c=1.0116（2） nm, V=0.8935（3） nm^3, Z=4, D=2.877 g/cm^3, F（000）=724.0, Goof=1.061. Final R indices [1 〉2∑（Ⅰ）]： R1=0.0200, wR2=0.0479 for 2. In the two compounds 1 and 2, the mellitic acid ligand, in which all the carboxylate groups were deprotonated, had only one kind of coordination mode to bridge metal ions to form four-connected three-dimensional diamondiod networks.     

Thermochemical Study on Ternary Solid Complex of La(Gly)2 (Ala)3 Cl3 ·2H2O (s)

The complex of lanthanum chloride with Glycine and Alanine, La(Gly)₂(Ala)₃Cl₃ · 2H₂O, was synthesized and characterized by IR, elementary analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, and chemical analysis. The dissolution enthalpies of LaCl₃ · 7H₂O(s), 2Gly(s) + 3Ala(s) and La(Gly)₂(Ala)₃Cl₃ · 2H₂O(s) were determined in 2 mol · L⁻¹ HCl by a solution-reaction isoperibol calorimeter. By designing a thermochemical cycle in terms of Hess' Law and through calculation, the reaction enthalpy of lanthanum chloride seven-hydrate with Glycine and Alanine was obtained: Δ_rH^θ_m(298.15 K) = (29.652 ± 0.504) kJ · mol⁻¹, and the standard enthalpy of formation of La(Gly)₂(Ala)₃Cl₃ · 2H₂O(s) Δ_fH^θ_m[La(Gly)₂ (Ala)₃Cl₃ · 2H₂O, s, 298.15 K] = −4467.6 ± 8.3 kJ · mol⁻¹.     

Photoluminescent properties of Ca2Gd8（SiO4）6O2： Dy^3＋ phosphor films prepared by sol-gel process

There are growing interests on phosphor thin films owing to their potential application in high-resolution devices such as cathode ray tubes and flat panel display devices. The solution-based sol-gel method is one of the most important techniques for the synthesis of various functional coating films. Compounds with the apatite structure are very suitable host lattices for various luminescent ions. Ca2RE8（SiO4）6O2 （ RE=Y, Gd, La ） is a kind of ternary rare-earth-metal silicate with oxyapatite structure, which has been used as host material for the luminescence of various rare earth and mercury-like ions. In this article, Ca2Gd8（SiO4）6O2：Dy^3＋phosphor films were dip-coated on quartz glass substrates through the sol-gel process. X-ray diffraction （XRD）, atomic force microscopy （AFM）, photoluminescence （PL） spectra, as well as lifetimes were used to characterize the resulting films. AFM study revealed that the phosphor films consisted of homogeneous particles. The Dy^3＋ showed its characteristic emission in crystalline phosphor films, i.e., ^4F9/2-^6H15/2 and ^4F9/2-^6H13/2.     

Measurements of Enthalpy Change of Reaction of Formation, Molar Heat Capacity and Constant-Volume Combustion Energy of Solid Complex Yb（Et2dtc）3（phen）

A ternary solid complex Yb(Et2dtc)3(phen) was obtained from the reaction of hydrous ytterbium chloride with sodium diethyldithiocarbamate (NaEt2dtc), and 1, 10-phenanthroline (o-phen·H2O) in absolute ethanol.The bonding characteristics of the complex were characterized by IR.The result shows Yb3 bands with two sulfur atoms in the Na(Et2dtc)3 and two nitrogen atoms in the o-phen.The enthalpy change of liquid-phase reaction of formation of the complex ΔrHθm (l), was determined as being (-24.838±0.114) kJ·mol-1 at 298.15 K, by an RD-496 Ⅲ type heat conduction microcalormeter.The enthalpy change of the solid-phase reaction of formation of the complex ΔrHθm (s), was calculated as being (108.015±0.479) kJ·mol-1 on the basis of an appropriate thermochemistry cycle.The thermodynamics of liquid-phase reaction of formation of the complex was investigated by changing the temperature during the liquid-phase reaction.Fundamental parameters, the activation enthalpy, ΔHθ≠, the activation entropy, ΔSθ≠, the activation free energy, ΔGθ≠, the apparent reaction rate constant k, the apparent activation energy E, the pre-exponential constant A, and the reaction order n, were obtained by a combination of the reaction thermodynamic and kinetic equations with the data from the thermokinetic experiments.At the same time, the molar heat capacity of the complex cm, p, was determined to be (86.34±1.74) J·mol-1·K-1 by the same microcalormeter.The constant-volume combustion energy of the complex, ΔcU, was determined to be (-17954.08±8.11) kJ·mol-1 by an RBC-Ⅱ type rotating-bomb calorimeter at 298.15 K.Its standard enthalpy of combustion, ΔcHθm, and standard enthalpy of formation, ΔfHθm, were calculated to be (-17973.29±8.11) kJ·mol-1 and (-770.36±9.02) kJ·mol-1, respectively.     

Investigation on pumping oxygen characteristics of （Bi2O3）0.73（Y2O3）0.27 solid electrolyte

（Bi2O3）0.73（Y2O3）0.27 fine powders prepared by wet chemical precipitation method were cold isostatically pressed to form solid electrolyte tubes, and sintered at 900 ℃ for 10 h in the air. Their pumping oxygen characteristics in non-dehydrated Ar gas were investigated, where a ZrO2 （Y2O3 stabilized） oxygen sensor was used to measure the oxygen partial pressure Po2. The results showed that the Po2 value reached magnitudes of 1×10^-2-1×10^-10 Pa at the applied pumping oxygen voltage of 0.5 V, 1×10^-37-1×10^-27 Pa at 1.0 V and 1×10^-53-1×10^47 Pa at 2.0 V within the temperature range from 550 to 650 ℃. Moreover, no cracks were found in the tested solid electrolyte tubes. Thus, the Bi2O3-Y2O3 system might be used in solid electrolyte oxygen pump for purifying gases.     

Paramagnetic Anisotropy of CdGd2（WO4） 4-δ Single Crystal

CdGd2 （WO4）4 -δ single crystal was grown using the Czochralski＇s method. The crystal structure was tetragonal seheelite with lattice parameters a = b = 0.5203 nm and c = 1. 1359 nm. There were vacancies of （WO4）^2- , therefore, there were some Gd^2＋ ions. Langevin paramagnetism and anisotropy were observed from the δ-T curves at room temperature. The susceptibility X//was 3.5018×10^-3, and X⊥ was 3.4403× 10^-2. The anisotropy was also observed in the electron spin resonance （ESR） experiments. The anisotropic Land6 factors were g//= 2. 1333 and g~ = 2. 8411. The direction of easy magnetization was in the α-b plane. Anisotropic paramagnetic Curie constants C//and C⊥ were not only related to macroscopic a that was observed through the experiment, but were also related to J⊥ and J//, which were the microscopic quantum numbers of the Gd^2＋ and Gd^3｜ ions. Based on the detailed analyses, the proportion of 36.8% of Gd^3＋ ions to 63.2% of Gd^2＋ ions in the Gd ions of the CdGd2（WO4）4-δ crystal was calculated, and δ was 0.638 in the single crystal.     

Crystal structure and infrared spectrum of thallium holmium polyphosphate,TIHo（PO3）4

Crystals of thallium-holmium polyphosphate T1Ho（PO3）4 were grown by flux method technique and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Structure of T1Ho（PO3）4 was solved for the first time, and it crystallized in the monoclinic P21/n space group with the following unit-cell dimensions： a=1.02225（3） nm, b=0.88536（2） nm, c=1.09541（4） nm, β=105.888（1）°, V=0.95354（5） nm^3 and Z=4. The crystal structure was solved from 2174 independent reflections with final R1（F^2）=0.0442 and Rw（F^2）=0.0861 refined with 164 parameters. The atomic arrangement could be described as a long chain polyphosphate organization. Holmium atoms had eightfold coordination. The structure of T1Ho（PO3）4 consisted of HoO8 polyhedra sharing oxygen atoms with phosphoric group PO4. Infrared spectrum was investigated at room temperature in the frequencies range, 350--4000 cm^-1, showing some characteristic vibration bands of infinite chain structure of PO4 tetrahedra linked by bridging oxygen.     

Stability of 3CaO · Al2O3 · 6H2O in KOH + K2CO3 + H2O system for chromate production

In the novel clean chromate production process, the alkali liquor recycled to decompose the chromite ore mainly consists of KOH and K₂CO₃ which accumulates aluminium impurity and affects the quality of the product greatly. Aluminium impurity can be removed by adding CaO to precipitate as 3CaO · Al₂O₃ · 6H₂O (C₃AH₆). A study of the effects of various parameters, such as KOH concentration, K₂CO₃ concentration and temperature on the behaviour of C₃AH₆ show that C₃AH₆ is decomposed to 3CaO · Al₂O₃ · CaCO₃ · 11H₂O and CaCO₃ below 150 g L^− 1 KOH, and decomposed to Ca(OH)₂ above 150 g L^− 1 KOH. With K₂CO₃ concentration increasing, C₃AH₆ decomposes significantly, which results in more CaCO₃ or 3CaO · Al₂O₃ · CaCO₃ · 11H₂O produced. Temperature has a large positive effect on the decomposition of C₃AH₆ at 45 g L^− 1 KOH but has no significant effect at 150 g L^− 1 KOH. The optimal condition for removing aluminium impurity in the KOH + K₂CO₃ + H₂O system is 150 g L^− 1 KOH, 50 g L^− 1 K₂CO₃ and 80 °C.     

An investigation of the thermodynamics of solvent extraction of metals II. Calculation of the activity coefficient of non-electrolytes in the UO2(NO3)2(C7H15)2SO system

The thermodynamic method used in Part I for evaluating activity coefficients of mixed non-electrolytes in the ternary organic phase of a metal extraction system has been extended successfully to a quaternary organic phase. Experimental and calculated results indicate that both the Scatchard-Hildebrand model and the Guggenheim quasi-lattice model are applicable for calculation of the activity coefficients in the organic phase of the (C₂H₁₅)₂SOC₆H₄(CH₃)₂UO₂(NO₃)₂ · 2 (C₇H₁₅)₂SOH₂O system.