Nv. Belova et al., STRUCTURE AND ENERGY STUDIES OF BETA-DIKETONATES .5. STRUCTURE OF THEY(DPM)(2) RADICAL FROM GAS-PHASE ELECTRON-DIFFRACTION DATA, Journal of structural chemistry, 38(3), 1997, pp. 395-402
The overheated vapor of yttrium tris-dipivaloyl methanate was studied
by combined electron diffractometry and mass spectrometry. It was esta
blished that at 760 K the vapor of Y(DPM)(3) contains the Y(DPM)(2) mo
lecular form. The r(a), r(g), and r(a) parameters of Y(DPM)(2) were de
termined, and it was found that the chelate system of Y(DPM)(2) has a
planar structure. Possible reasons for differences in the internuclear
distances of the Y(DPM)(2) and Y(DPM)(3) molecular forms are discusse
d.