title: Effects of lanthanide metal size and amino ligand denticity on the solvothermal systems Ln/Sn/Se/en and Ln/Sn/Se/dien (Ln = lanthanide).
abstract: Two systems, Ln/Sn/Se/en and Ln/Sn/Se/dien, were investigated under solvothermal conditions, and novel lanthanide selenidostannates [{Ce(en)(4)}(2)(μ-Se(2))]Sn(2)Se(6) (1a), [{Ln(en)(3)}(2)(μ-OH)(2)]Sn(2)Se(6) (Ln = Pr(1b), Nd(1c), Gd(1d); en = ethylenediamine), [{Ln(dien)(2)}(4)(μ(4)-Sn(2)Se(9))(μ-Sn(2)Se(6))](∞) (Ln = Ce(2a), Nd(2b)), and [Hdien][Gd(dien)(2)(μ-SnSe(4))] (2c) (dien = diethylenetriamine) were prepared and characterized. Two structural types of lanthanide selenidostannates were obtained across the lanthanide series in both systems. In the Ln/Sn/Se/en system, two types of binuclear lanthanide complex cations [Ce(2)(en)(8)(μ-Se(2))](4+) and [{Ln(en)(3)}(2)(μ-OH)(2)](4+) (Ln = Pr, Nd, Gd) were formed depending on the Ln(3+) ions. The complex cations are compensated by the [Sn(2)Se(6)](4-) anions. In the Ln/Sn/Se/dien system, coordination polymer [{Ln(dien)(2)}(4)(μ(4)-Sn(2)Se(9))(μ-Sn(2)Se(6))](∞) and ionic complex [Hdien][Gd(dien)(2)(μ-SnSe(4))] are obtained along the lanthanide series, among which the μ(4)-Sn(2)Se(9), μ-Sn(2)Se(6) and μ-SnSe(4) ligands to the Ln(3+) ions were observed. The formation of title complexes shows the effects of lanthanide metal size and amino ligand denticity on the lanthanide selenidostannates. Complexes 1a-2c exhibit semiconducting properties with band gaps between 2.08 and 2.48 eV.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Dushu Lake Campus, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jingjing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Jiangfang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yingli
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Dingxian
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jia