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Frontispiece: Noncovalent Interactions at Lanthanide Complexes
Author(s) -
Mahmudov Kamran T.,
Huseynov Fatali E.,
Aliyeva Vusala A.,
Guedes da Silva M. Fátima C.,
Pombeiro Armando J. L.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202185862
Subject(s) - lanthanide , coordination sphere , ligand (biochemistry) , chemistry , non covalent interactions , acceptor , metal , combinatorial chemistry , materials science , crystallography , molecule , organic chemistry , hydrogen bond , physics , ion , biochemistry , receptor , condensed matter physics
Lanthanide complexes have attracted a widespread attention due to their structural diversity, as well as multifunctional and tuneable properties. The development of lanthanide based functional materials has often relied on the design of the secondary coordination sphere of the corresponding lanthanide complexes. For instance, usually simple lanthanide salts do not effectively catalyze organic reactions or provide low yield of the expected product, whereas the presence of a suitable organic ligand with a noncovalent bond donor or acceptor centre (secondary coordination sphere) modifies the symmetry around the metal centre in lanthanide complexes which then successfully can act as catalysts. For more information, see the Minireview by K. T. Mahmudov et al. on page 14370.