Coordina
tion compounds wi
th general formulas [LnL
3bipy] (
trong class="boldFont">Ln1trong>) and [LnL
3p
hen] (
trong class="boldFont">Ln2trong>), where Ln=La–Nd, Sm–Yb, L
−–phosphoro-azo β-dike
tone analog anion: [C
6H
5CONPO(OCH
3)
2]
−, p
hen=1,10-p
henan
throline, bipy=2,2′-bipyridine, were syn
thesized and charac
terized by means of IR,
1H NMR and high resolu
tion UV–vis absorp
tion and luminescence spec
troscopy (emission, exci
ta
tion spec
tra and emission decay
times) a
t 300, 77 and 4.2 K. The
thermal behavior and s
tabili
ty of Eu
III and Tb
III complexes were s
tudied by
thermogravime
tric and differen
tial
thermal analyses. Single-crys
tal X-ray diffrac
tion da
ta showed
tha
t trong class="boldFont">Pr1trong>,
trong class="boldFont">Yb1trong> and
trong class="boldFont">La2trong>,
trong class="boldFont">Eu2trong>,
trong class="boldFont">Gd2trong>,
trong class="boldFont">Yb2trong> crys
talize in
the monoclinic and
triclinic sys
tems, respec
tively wi
th eigh
t-coordina
ted lan
thanide ions. The rela
tion be
tween
the crys
tal s
truc
ture and spec
troscopic proper
ties of
the complexes are discussed. The Eu
III and Tb
III complexes exhibi
ted a s
trong me
tal-cen
tered emission wi
th decay
time 1.5–1.8 ms. In
trinsic quan
tum yields (
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trong class="boldFont">Eu1trong>) and 55% (
trong class="boldFont">Eu2trong>). The Tb
III complexes revealed a very efficien
t ligand-
to-me
tal energy
transfer a
t room and low
tempera
tures.