P. Sobota et al., THE CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF TRICHLORO-BIS(TETRAHYDROFURFURYL PROPIONATE-O,O')YTTRIUM(III), Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Chemistry, 42(2), 1994, pp. 191-196
The [{(C4H7O)CH(2)CO(2)Et}2Cl3Y] compound was prepared by direct react
ion of YCl3 with tetrahydrofurfuryl propionate in CH2Cl2. The complex
have been structurally characterized. The compound crystallizes in C2/
c space group with a = 20.454(9), b = 9.716(3), c = 13.335(5) Angstrom
and beta = 125.45(5)degrees. The yttrium atom in the compound is seve
n-coordinated. Four oxygen atoms and three chlorine atoms form pentago
nal bipyramid around the yttrium atom. The catalytic activity of the t
itle compound was found for ethylene.