Synthesis, molecular structure and fluorescence of an organic-inorganic hybrid complex [EU(NO3)(6)][(Hphen)(6) center dot (NO3)(2)] center dot NO3 (phen=1, 10-phenanthroline)
Lj. Zhang et al., Synthesis, molecular structure and fluorescence of an organic-inorganic hybrid complex [EU(NO3)(6)][(Hphen)(6) center dot (NO3)(2)] center dot NO3 (phen=1, 10-phenanthroline), INORG CH C, 4(7), 2001, pp. 368-371
A new europium (III) complex, [Eu(NO3)(6)]{[(Hphen)(6). 2NO(3)]. NO3} (1) w
as prepared and structurally characterized in which Eu3+ is 12-coordinated
to six bidentate nitrates. The coordination polyhedron around Eu3+ was desc
ribed as a slightly distorted icosahedron. The six mono-protonated 1,10-phe
nanthrolines do not coordinate to the Eu3+ directively due to the formation
of hydrogen bonds in form of O . . .H-N with two nitrates and also the for
mation of two face-to-face trigonal plates within which one free nitrate is
sandwiched. 1 exhibits strong red and blue fluorescence when it was irradi
ated by UV light. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.