Synthesis and luminescence properties of new dinuclear complexes of lanthanide(III) ions

As a result of coordination of the ligand L, containing two tridentate binding units, to samarium(III), europium(III), terbium(III), and dysprosium(III) ions, new dinuclear architectures containing two ions with coordination number 9 were formed. The structures of the complexes have been assigned on the basis of their solution spectroscopic and microanalytical data, and confirmed by X-ray crystallography in the case of the europium(III) complex 2. The structural analysis of the dinuclear complex 2 showed the presence of two europium centers [Eu(1) and Eu(2)] and four ligands L. Each europium ion is coordinated by 9 donor atoms with typical Eu-N and Eu-O distances. (C) Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2004.