Chemistry and Physics Faculty Articles
Title
Reactivity of the Europium Hexafluoroacetylacetonate (hfac) Complex, Eu(hfac)3(diglyme), and Related Analogs with Potassium: Formation of the Fluoride hfac "ate" Complexes [LnF(hfac)3K(diglyme)]2
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2001
Publication Title
Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions
ISSN
1477-9226
Volume
2002
Issue/No.
4
First Page
520
Last Page
526
Abstract
The europium hexafluoroacetylacetonate complex Eu(hfac)3(diglyme) was synthesized to examine its fluorescence and conversion to a Eu(II) analog. Reaction of Eu(hfac)3(diglyme) with potassium produced the unexpected trivalent product [EuF(hfac)3K(diglyme)]2. This reduction system was studied further by synthesizing other Ln(hfac)3(diglyme) analogs and examining their reactivity with potassium. The Nd, Sm, and Gd analogs of Ln(hfac)3(diglyme) also react with potassium to form [LnF(hfac)3K(diglyme)]2 as observed for europium. Reactions of the Eu(II) precursors, EuI2(thf)4 and {[Zr2(OiPr)9]Eu(μ-I)}2 with K(hfac) also form trivalent products, namely Eu(hfac)3(diglyme) and [Zr2(OiPr)9]Eu(hfac)2.
NSUWorks Citation
Evans, W. J., Giarikos, D., Johnston, M. A., Greci, M. A., & Ziller, J. W. (2001). Reactivity of the Europium Hexafluoroacetylacetonate (hfac) Complex, Eu(hfac)3(diglyme), and Related Analogs with Potassium: Formation of the Fluoride hfac "ate" Complexes [LnF(hfac)3K(diglyme)]2. Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 2002, (4), 520 - 526. https://doi.org/10.1039/B104095M. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_chemphys_facarticles/62
DOI
10.1039/B104095M
