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Pandey P, Chauhan D, Walawalkar MG, Gupta SK, Meyer F, Rajaraman G, Murugavel R. Hourglass-Shaped Homo- and Heteronuclear Nonanuclear Lanthanide Clusters: Structures, Magnetism, Photoluminescence, and Theoretical Analysis. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:11963-11976. [PMID: 38869936 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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Synthesis of nonameric cationic clusters [Dy9(acac)16(μ3-OH)8(μ4-OH)2]OH·6H2O (1), [Dy8Tb (acac)16(μ3-OH)8(μ4-OH)2]OH·2H2O (2), and [Gd9(acac)16(μ3-OH)8(μ4-OH)2]OH·6H2O (3) (acac = acetylacetonate) is reported. The emission spectrum of 1 shows Dy(III) ion characteristic bands assignable to the 4F9/2 → 6HJ (J = 15/2 to 9/2) transitions. Emission due to both Dy(III) and Tb(III) ions is observed for 2 in the visible range, with Tb(III) specific bands appearing due to the 5D4 → 7FJ (J = 6, 4, and 3) transitions. Cluster 3 exhibits a significant magnetocaloric effect (MCE), with -ΔSm values increasing with decrease in temperature and increase in field, reaching -ΔSmmax = 20.98 J kg-1 K-1 at 2 K and 9 T. Isotropic magnetic coupling constants (Js) in 3 derived from density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that the exchange interactions are antiferromagnetic and weak. Compound 3 possesses S = 7/2 ground state arising from the central Gd(III) ion along with several nested excited states due to competing antiferromagnetic interactions that yield reasonably large MCE values. Utilizing computed exchange coupling interactions, we have performed ab initio CASSCF/RASSI-SO/POL_ANISO calculations on antiferromagnetic 1 and 2 to estimate the exchange interactions using the Lines model. For 2, Dy(III)···Tb(III) exchange interactions were extracted for the first time and were found to be weakly antiferromagnetically coupled.
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- Priya Pandey
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Göttingen D-37077, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi 110016, India
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Göttingen D-37077, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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Lu Y, Ding XX, Zhong JS, Jiang ZG, Zhan CH. Enantioselective Synthesis of Homochiral Hierarchical Nd 8Fe 3-Oxo Cluster from Racemic Nd 9Fe 2-Oxo Cluster. Inorg Chem 2024. [PMID: 38941590 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/30/2024]
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Enantioselective synthesis of homochiral rare earth clusters is still a great challenge. In this work, we developed an efficient "cluster to cluster" approach, that is, a pair of enantiomerical R/S-{Nd8Fe3}-oxo clusters were successfully obtained from the presynthesized racemic {Nd9Fe2}-oxo cluster. R/S-hydrobenzoin ligands trigger the transformation of the pristine clusters by an SN2-like mechanism. Compared to the pristine cluster with an achiral core, the new cluster exhibits hierarchical chirality, from ligand chirality to interface chirality, then to helix chirality, and finally to supramolecular double helix chirality. The spectral experiments monitored the transformation and confirmed distinctly structure-related optical activity. The enantiomeric pure cluster also exhibits a potential asymmetric catalytic activity.
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- Ying Lu
- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Material, Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Material, Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Material, Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Material, Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Material, Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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Nagar A, Srivastava A, Sengupta A, Sk MA, Goyal P, Verma PK, Mohapatra PK. Experimental and Theoretical Insight into the Ionic Liquid-Mediated Complexation of Trivalent Lanthanides with β-Diketone and Its Fluorinated Analogue. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:2533-2552. [PMID: 38272469 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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A multitechnique approach with theoretical insights has been employed to understand the complexation of trivalent lanthanides with two β-diketones, viz. 1-phenyl-1,3-butanedione (L1) and 4,4,4-trifluoro-1-phenyl-1,3-butanedione (L2), in an ionic liquid (C6mim·NTf2). UV-vis spectral analysis of complexation using Nd3+ revealed the predominance of ML2+ and ML4- species. The stability constants for the PB complexes were higher (β2 ∼ 10.45 ± 0.05, β4 ∼ 15.51 ± 0.05) than those for the TPB (β2 ∼ 7.56 ± 0.05, β4 ∼ 13.19 ± 0.06). The photoluminescence titration using Eu3+ corroborated the same observations with slightly higher stability constants, probably due to the higher ionic potential of Eu3+. The more asymmetric (AL2ML4 ∼ 5.2) Eu-L2 complex was found to contain one water molecule in the primary coordination sphere of Eu3+ with more covalency of the Eu3+-O bond (Ω2L1 = 8.5 × 10-20, Ω4L1 = 1.3 × 10-20) compared to the less asymmetric Eu-L1 complex (AL1ML4 ∼ 3.5) with two water molecules having less Eu-O covalency (Judd-Offelt parameters: Ω2L1 = 7.3 × 10-20, Ω4L1 = 1.0 × 10-20). Liquid-liquid extraction studies involving Nd3+ and Eu3+ revealed the formation of the ML4- complex following an 'anion exchange' mechanism. The shift of the enol peak from 1176 to 1138 cm-1 on the complexation of the β-diketones with Eu3+ was confirmed from the FTIR spectra. 1H NMR titration of the β-diketones with La(NTf2)3 evidenced the participation of α-H of the β-diketones and protons at C2, C4, and C5 positions of the methylimidazolium ring. For the ML2 complex, 4 donor O atoms are suggested to coordinate to the trivalent lanthanides with bond distances of 2.3297-2.411 Å for La-O, 2.206-2.236 Å for Eu-O, and 2.217-2.268 Å for Nd-O, respectively, while for the ML4 complex, 8 donor O atoms were coordinated with bond lengths of 2.506-2.559 Å for La-O, 2.367-2.447 Å for Eu-O, and 2.408-2.476 Å for Nd-O. The Nd3+ ion was higher by 9.7 kcal·mol-1 than that of the La3+ ion for the 1:4 complex. The complexation energy with L1 was quite higher than that with L2 for both 1:2 and 1:4 complexes. Using cyclic voltammetry, the redox behavior of trivalent lanthanides Eu and Gd with β-diketonate in ionic liquid medium was probed and their redox energetic and kinetic parameters were determined.
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- Adityamani Nagar
- UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, Mumbai 400098, India
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- Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India
- Chemical Engineering Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India
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Lu Y, Yang WZ, Ding XX, Nie SQ, Jiang ZG, Zhan CH. Doping transition metals to modulate the chirality and photocatalytic activity of rare earth clusters. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:13063-13067. [PMID: 37702078 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt02653a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
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In this paper, we report the successful assembly of achiral {Ln6M} ([Ln6M(μ3-OH)8(acac)12(CH3O)x(CH3OH)y], Ln = La, M = Mn, Co, Fe) and chiral {Nd9Fe2} ([Nd9Fe2(μ4-O)(μ3-OH)14(acac)16(NO3)(CH3OH)2(H2O)3]) rare earth clusters using achiral rigid ligands and a transition metal doping strategy. {Ln6M} can be viewed as the fusion of two {Ln3M} tetrahedrons by sharing vertices. {Nd9Fe2} results from the fusion of four {Ln3M} tetrahedrons by vertice and edge sharing. The substitution of Ln with transition metal leads to changes in the coordination pattern around neighboring Ln, which triggers the switch of metal center chirality. This study demonstrates the potentiality of utilizing transition metal doping and rigid ligand to control the chirality of rare earth clusters. In addition, the photocatalytic CO2 activity of these transition metal-doped rare earth clusters has been studied.
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- Ying Lu
- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Add: No. 688, Yingbin Avenue, Jinhua, Zhejiang, Zip: 321004, China.
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Add: No. 688, Yingbin Avenue, Jinhua, Zhejiang, Zip: 321004, China.
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Add: No. 688, Yingbin Avenue, Jinhua, Zhejiang, Zip: 321004, China.
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Add: No. 688, Yingbin Avenue, Jinhua, Zhejiang, Zip: 321004, China.
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Add: No. 688, Yingbin Avenue, Jinhua, Zhejiang, Zip: 321004, China.
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Add: No. 688, Yingbin Avenue, Jinhua, Zhejiang, Zip: 321004, China.
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Gálico DA, Santos Calado CM, Murugesu M. Lanthanide molecular cluster-aggregates as the next generation of optical materials. Chem Sci 2023; 14:5827-5841. [PMID: 37293634 PMCID: PMC10246660 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc01088k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
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In this perspective, we provide an overview of the recent achievements in luminescent lanthanide-based molecular cluster-aggregates (MCAs) and illustrate why MCAs can be seen as the next generation of highly efficient optical materials. MCAs are high nuclearity compounds composed of rigid multinuclear metal cores encapsulated by organic ligands. The combination of high nuclearity and molecular structure makes MCAs an ideal class of compounds that can unify the properties of traditional nanoparticles and small molecules. By bridging the gap between both domains, MCAs intrinsically retain unique features with tremendous impacts on their optical properties. Although homometallic luminescent MCAs have been extensively studied since the late 1990s, it was only recently that heterometallic luminescent MCAs were pioneered as tunable luminescent materials. These heterometallic systems have shown tremendous impacts in areas such as anti-counterfeiting materials, luminescent thermometry, and molecular upconversion, thus representing a new generation of lanthanide-based optical materials.
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- Diogo Alves Gálico
- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada
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