Ak. Shestakova et al., A first comparison of solid state and solution structure of a complex between lanthanum nitrate and 1,9-diaza-18-crown-6, ORG LETT, 3(3), 2001, pp. 325-327
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The structure of the complex between lanthanum(III)nitrate and 1,9 diaza-18
-crown-6 is analyzed with three independent methods. The conformation obser
ved by analysis of vicinal NMR coupling constants in solution agrees with b
oth the one found by a single crystal Xray study and with simulations by mo
lecular orbital and force field calculations, In the acetonitrile solution,
the NMR data show a bent crown conformation with nearly C-2v symmetry, whi
ch is stable on the NMR time scale.