Vostrikova, K.E.; Sukhikh, T.S.; Lavrov, A.N. The Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Magnetic Properties of Mono-Scorpionate Eu(III) Complexes. Inorganics2023, 11, 418.
Vostrikova, K.E.; Sukhikh, T.S.; Lavrov, A.N. The Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Magnetic Properties of Mono-Scorpionate Eu(III) Complexes. Inorganics 2023, 11, 418.
Vostrikova, K.E.; Sukhikh, T.S.; Lavrov, A.N. The Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Magnetic Properties of Mono-Scorpionate Eu(III) Complexes. Inorganics2023, 11, 418.
Vostrikova, K.E.; Sukhikh, T.S.; Lavrov, A.N. The Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Magnetic Properties of Mono-Scorpionate Eu(III) Complexes. Inorganics 2023, 11, 418.
Abstract
Complexes of triply positive europium ion with organic ligands are popular objects for studying photophysical properties. This is related not only to the bright red emission of this 4f element, but also to some spectroscopic peculiarities of its luminescence: the first excited spin-orbit level (7F1) lies only about 300 cm−1 above the ground state (7F0), so that at room temperature its population is around 25–30%. However, such electronic structure of Eu(III) provides its paramagnetism under ordinary conditions. This fact is often ignored by researchers, which is shortsighted from the materials science point of view. A comprehensive and systematic study of the magnetic behavior for the Eu(III) molecular coordination compounds is a challenging task for the development of new polyfunctional materials. The present work presents synthesis, single crystal XRD analysis results, and a magnetic study for the firstly prepared europium(III) complexes with two neutral scorpionate ligands: trispyrazolylmethane (HCPz3) and its methylated analog, tris(3,5-dimethyl-1-pyrazolyl)methane (HC(PzMe2)3). The values of the spin-orbit coupling parameter obtained for Eu-trication by a theoretical approximation of the experimental magnetic susceptibility data are compared with those known for the scarce amount of the magnetically studied molecular compounds.
Chemistry and Materials Science, Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry
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