P. Thuery et al., Bis[2-(2-ethoxyethyl)-N,N,N ',N '-tetraethylmalondiamide-O-1,O-3]tris(nitrato-O,O ')-lanthanum(III), ACT CRYST C, 55, 1999, pp. 1434-1436
2-(2-Ethoxyethyl)-N,N,N',N'-tetraethylmalondiamide (TEEEMA, C15H30N2O3) rea
cts with lanthanum(III) nitrate to give the title complex, [La(NO3)(3)(TEEE
MA)(2)], in which the two carboxyl functions of each TEEEMA ligand are bond
ed to the metal ion together with three bidentate nitrate ions. This struct
ure establishes that the ether O atom of the central chain of TEEEMA is not
bonded to the metal ion, at least in the solid state. The coordination env
ironment geometry is different from that of the lanthanum complex of N,N,N'
,N'-tetraethylmalondiamide (TEMA).