A Ligand-Field Analysis of the trensal (H3trensal = 2,2',2' '-Tris(salicylideneimino)triethylamine) Ligand. An Application of the Angular Overlap Model to Lanthanides
文摘
The spectral and geometric trends of Ln(trensal) complexes (H3trensal = 2,2',2' '-tris(salicylideneimino)triethylamine)along the lanthanide series are analyzed. Low-temperature polarized absorption and luminescence spectra arereported for nine of the complexes with transitions suitable for analysis. Both the angular and radial geometryvariations as a function of the lanthanide ion are quantified. The structural parameters are related to the trend inthe ligand field found from an analysis of the f-f transitions. The ligand-field analysis is fitted globally across thewhole series accounting for the contraction of the f orbitals as a function of atomic number. This study establishesthe utility of describing the ligand field of f electrons within the one-electron operator approach of the angularoverlap model.