Metal–carbon bonding in early lanthanide substituted cyclopentadienyl complexes probed by pulsed EPR spectroscopy
Lydia E. Nodaraki, Jingjing Liu, Ana-Maria Ariciu, Fabrizio Ortu, Meagan S. Oakley, Letitia Birnoschi, Gemma K. Gransbury, Philip J. Cobb, Jack Emerson‐King, Nicholas F. Chilton, David P. Mills, Eric J. L. McInnes, Floriana Tuna
Abstract
We report relaxation and ligand hyperfine effects in an isostructural series of early lanthanide substituted cyclopentadienyl complexes, [Ln(Cp tt ) 3 ] (Ln = Ce, Nd, Sm; Cp tt = C 5 H 3 t Bu 2 -1,3), by pulsed EPR spectroscopy.
Topics & Concepts
LanthanideCyclopentadienyl complexElectron paramagnetic resonanceMetalSpectroscopyChemistryCarbon fibersPhotochemistryInorganic chemistryMaterials scienceOrganic chemistryNuclear magnetic resonanceCatalysisComposite numberQuantum mechanicsComposite materialIonPhysicsLanthanide and Transition Metal ComplexesMagnetism in coordination complexesElectron Spin Resonance Studies