Volume 628, Issue 3 pp. 699-702
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On the Reactivity of Lanthanide Iodides LnIx (x < 3) Formed in the Reactions of Lanthanide Metals with Iodine

G. V. Khoroshenkov

G. V. Khoroshenkov

Nizhny Novgorod/Russia, G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences

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T. V. Petrovskaya

T. V. Petrovskaya

Nizhny Novgorod/Russia, G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences

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I. L. Fedushkin

I. L. Fedushkin

Nizhny Novgorod/Russia, G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences

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M. N. Bochkarev Prof. Dr.

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M. N. Bochkarev Prof. Dr.

Nizhny Novgorod/Russia, G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

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The reduced lanthanide iodides of the composition LnIx (Ln = Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Gd, Ho, and Er; x < 3) were obtained by the reaction of an excess of the appropriate metal with iodine at high temperatures. The diamagnetism of the Sc, Y, and La derivatives indicates the trivalent state of the metals in these products. In contrast to the diiodides of Nd(II), Dy(II), and Tm(II), the isolated solids do not dissolve in THF, DME, or liquid ammonia. Despite of their insolubility in THF, all these products readily react in this medium with phenol or alcohols to give the corresponding phenoxy- or alkoxylanthanide diiodides ROLnI2(THF)x (R = Ph, i-C3H7, t-Bu; x = 2, 3, or 5) in yields up to 55 %. Their interactions with cyclopentadiene in THF afford the complexes CpLnI2(THF)3 with yields up to 60 %. From the reaction of LaIx with 2, 2'-bipyridine (bipy), the complex LaI2(bipy)2(THF)2 was isolated. Triphenylcarbinol, stilbene, naphthalene, and anthracene are inert towards the obtained substances.

Abstract

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Reaktivität der Lanthanoidiodide LnIx (x < 3) aus der Reaktion von Lanthanoidmetallen mit Iod

Die „reduzierten”︁ Lanthanoidiodide LnIx mit x < 3 (Ln = Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Gd, Ho, Er) wurden durch Reaktion eines Überschusses des entsprechenden Metalls mit Iod bei hohen Temperaturen erhalten. Der Diamagnetismus der erhaltenen Sc-, Y- und La-Präparate zeigt, dass die Metalle darin dreiwertig sind. Im Gegensatz zu den Diiodiden von NdII, DyII und TmII lösen sich die isolierten Substanzen nicht in THF, DME oder flüssigem Ammoniak. Trotz ihrer Unlöslichkeit in THF reagieren die Präparate darin mit Phenol oder Alkoholen leicht zu den entsprechenden Phenoxi- bzw. Alkoxilanthanoiddiiodiden ROLnI2(THF)x (R = Ph, iC3H7, tBu; x = 2, 3 oder 5) in Ausbeuten bis zu 55 %. Die Umsetzungen mit Cyclopentadien in THF ergibt die Komplexe CpLnI2(THF)3 in Ausbeuten bis zu 60 %. Aus der Umsetzung von LaIx mit 2, 2'-Bipyridin (bipy) wurde der Komplex LaI2(bipy)2-(THF)2 erhalten. Triphenylcarbinol, Stilben, Naphthalin und Anthracen reagieren mit den erhaltenen Präparaten nicht.

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