Va. Igonin et al., CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF THE LA3-MEMBERED MACROCYCLIC SILOXANOLATE LIGANDS( SANDWICH COMPLEX BASED ON 8), Russian chemical bulletin, 42(1), 1993, pp. 168-173
The product of the reaction between anhydrous lanthanum trichloride an
d potassium vinylsiloxanolate, K5{[VinSiO2]8La4(mu4-OH)[O2SiVin]8}.5n-
BuOH.2H2O has been studied by X-ray diffraction. The compound is a <<s
andwich>>-type complex where, macrocyclic vinyloctasiloxanolate ligand
s with regular cis-configuration have co-axial and antiparallel orient
ation. These ligands coordinate a planar <<cationic layer>> formed by
four La3+ ions and stabilized by an additional mu4-OH- bridge ligand.
A three-dimensional cage structure of complex lanthansiloxanolate pent
aanions linked through the coordinated K+ counter-ions is formed in th
e crystal studied.