title: Intermolecular dynamics and paramagnetic properties of ethylenediaminetetraacetate complexes with the yttrium subgroup rare earth elements using nuclear magnetic resonance.
abstract: (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements are reported for the D(2)O solutions of [Ln(3+)(EDTA(4-))](-) complexes, where EDTA(4-) is ethylenediaminetetraacetate anion, Ln(3+)  = Tb(3+) (I), Ho(3+) (II), Tm(3+) (III), Yb(3+) (IV) and Lu(3+) (V). Temperature dependencies of the (1)H NMR spectra of paramagnetic I-IV have been analyzed using the dynamic NMR methods. It is found that the activation free energies (ΔG(‡)(298)) of the intermolecular EDTA ions exchange at [Ln(3+) (EDTA(4-))](-) complexes are 60±3 (I), 66±3 (II), 69±3 (III) and 74±3 (IV) kJ/mol (at pD = 7). A monotonic increase of the free energy of chemical exchange processes along the series of lanthanide [Ln(3+) (EDTA(4-))](-) complexes is probably related to the lanthanide contraction. The obtained results indicate that coordination compounds I-IV may be considered as thermometric NMR sensors and lanthanide paramagnetic probes for in situ temperature control in solution.
authors.affiliation: A.V. Nikolaev's Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SB RAS, Av. Lavrentyev, 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia. babajlov@niic.nsc.ru
authors.forename: Sergey P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Babailov