Rare earth coordination chemistry from basic to applications

The lanthanide elements are those in which their atomic numbers range from 57 to 71. Upon the addition of the elements existing in the same subgroup, having atomic number 21 and 39, scandium (Sc) and yttrium(Y), totally 17 of them are named rare earth elements

In the later of the last century, scientists start to focus on the applications of the rare earth elements. Numerous interesting and important properties were found with their magnetic, optical and electronic behavior. That is the reason why many countries listed all the rare earth elements, except promethium (Pm), as national strategy materials. As an important embranchment of these efforts, rare earth coordination chemistry developed quickly and characteristically.

In this book the contents included two parts. The fundamental parts cover chapter 1 to 8, basically divided by the characterization of ligands, namely, ß-diketone ligands, carboxylic acids, poly-amino poly-carboxlic acids, amino acid ligands, alkoxide, aryloxides and hydroxide ligands, macrocyclic ligands, organometallic compounds, N-based complexes and polyoxometalate complexes. The application parts cover chapter 9 to 13. They are either the one has been got into commercially used, for instant, magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents, or promising to get into practically usage, for instant, magnetic molecular materials, photoluminescence and electroluminescence materials and biological application materials. We believe this book will be helpful for the people who are working or going to work in the fundamental or application fields to have an insight into coordination chemistry on rare earths.

Author Biographies.

Foreword.

Preface.

1 Introduction (Chunhui Huang and Zuqiang Bian).

1.1 Electronic Configuration of LanthanideAtoms in the Ground State.

1.2 Lanthanide Contraction.

1.3 Specificity of the Photophysical Properties of Rare Earth Compounds.

1.4 Specificities of Rare Earth Coordination Chemistry.

1.5 Coordination Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds.

1.6 Outlook.

Acknowledgments.

References.

2 ß-Diketonate Lanthanide Complexes (Kezhi Wang).

2.1 Introduction.

2.2 Types of ß-Diketones Used for Lanthanide Complexes.

2.3 ß-Diketonate Lanthanide Complexes.

2.4 Summary and Outlook.

Acknowledgments.

References.

3 Rare Earth Complexes with Carboxylic Acids, PolyaminopolycarboxylicAcids, and Amino Acids (Ruiyao Wang and Zhiping Zheng).

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Rare Earth Complexes with CarboxylicAcids.

3.3 Rare Earth Complexes with PolyaminopolycarboxylicAcids.

3.4 Rare Earth Complexes with Amino Acids.

3.5 Summary and Outlook.

References.

4 N-Based Rare Earth Complexes (Xiaomei Zhang and Jianzhuang Jiang).

4.1 Introduction.

4.2 Rare Earth Complexes with Amide Type Ligands.

4.3 Rare Earth Complexes with N-Heterocyclic Type Ligands.

4.4 Rare Earth Complexes with Schiff Base Type Ligands.

4.5 Outlook.

List of Abbreviations.

Acknowledgments.

References.

5 Rare Earth Polyoxometalate Complexes (Ying Lu and Enbo Wang).

5.1 Synthesis.

5.2 Types and Structure Features.

5.3 Applications.

5.4 Outlook.

References.

6 Coordination Chemistry of Rare EarthAlkoxides, Aryloxides, and Hydroxides (Zhiping Zheng and Ruiyao Wang).

6.1 Introduction.

6.2 LanthanideAlkoxides,Aryloxides, and Macrocyclic Polyaryloxides.

6.3 Lanthanide Hydroxide Complexes.

6.4 Summary and Outlook.

Acknowledgments.

References.

7 Rare Earth Metals Trapped Inside Fullerenes - Endohedral

Metallofullerenes (EMFs) (Xing Lu, Takeshi Akasaka, and Shigeru Nagase).

7.1 Introduction.

7.2 Preparation and Purification of EMFs.

7.3 General Structures and Properties of EMFs Encapsulating Rare Earth Metals.

7.4 Chemistry of EMFs.

7.5 Applications of EMFs and Their Derivatives.

7.6 Perspectives: Challenge and Chance.

Acknowledgments.

References.

8 Organometallic Chemistry of the Lanthanide Metals (Yingming Yao and Qi Shen).

8.1 Introduction.

8.2 Synthesis and Reactivity of Organolanthanide Complexes Containing Ln-C Bonds.

8.3 Synthesis and Reactivity of Lanthanide Hydride Complexes.

8.4 Synthesis and Reactivity of Divalent Lanthanide Complexes.

8.5 Organometallic Ce(IV) Complexes.

8.6 Application in Homogeneous Catalysis.

8.7 Summary and Outlook.

References.

9 Lanthanide Based MagneticMolecularMaterials (Bingwu Wang, Shangda Jiang, Xiuteng Wang, and Song Gao).

9.1 Introduction.

9.2 Magnetic Coupling in Lanthanide Containing Molecular Materials.

9.3 Magnetic Ordering in Lanthanide Based Molecular Materials.

9.4 Magnetic Relaxation in Lanthanide...