Département de chimie moléculaire

{The tripodal ligand TREN-(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylidene)3 (H3L) was synthesized and its tris(phenolato) lanthanide complexes L-Ln (Ln = Nd(III), Eu(III), Tb(III), Gd(III), Er(III), Yb(III) and Lu(III)) were prepared. The X-Ray crystal structures confirm that each metal ion resides in a similar monocapped octahedral geometry, excluding water molecules from the coordination sphere. The coordination bond distances are in agreement with the lanthanide contraction, with Ln-O bond lengths in the range 2.139-2.216 A. The complexes show three reversible monoelectronic oxidation waves, which are assigned to the successive oxidation of the phenolate moieties to phenoxyl radicals. The L-Nd complex is the easiest to oxidize, with E = 0.11