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Anhydrous Neodymium(III) Acetate
Author(s) -
Gomez Torres Sonia,
Meyer Gerd
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.354
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1521-3749
pISSN - 0044-2313
DOI - 10.1002/zaac.200700407
Subject(s) - neodymium , anhydrous , ampoule , chemistry , monoclinic crystal system , crystallography , malonic acid , metal , inorganic chemistry , nuclear chemistry , stereochemistry , crystal structure , organic chemistry , optics , laser , physics
Anhydrous neodymium(III) acetate, Nd(OAc) 3 was obtained as light purple single crystals by direct oxidation of neodymium metal with malonic acid in a glass ampoule at 180 °C. It crystallizes with the monoclinic space group P 2 1 / a (no. 14) with a = 2201.7(2), b = 1850.0(1), c = 2419.0(3) pm, β = 96.127(8)°, V = 9796.8(1)·10 6 ·pm 3 , Z = 40 [Nd(OAc) 3 ], R 1 = 0.0430 [I 0 > 2σ(I 0 )]. Most of the Nd 3+ cations are coordinated by nine (or eight) oxygen atoms of acetate ligands which bridge these polyhedra to slightly waved layers which are stacked in the [010] direction.