摘要:
A series of new bulky allyl terpyridyl-ytterbium complexes have been synthesized to determine the effect of allyl ligands on the internal charge-transfer process that exists in these materials. Compared to the pentamethylcyclopentadienyl-ytterbocene compound Cp*Yb-2(tpyCN) (nu(C N) = 2172 cm(-1)), the symmetrically substituted allyl complex [1,3-(SiMe3)(2)C3H3](2)Yb(tpyCN) possesses a markedly lowered C N frequency of 2130 cm(-1). Furthermore, the electronic nature of these bulky allyl complexes can be tuned, as demonstrated by the C N frequency of the asymmetric derivatives [1-(SiMe3)C3H4]2Yb(tpyCN) and [1-(SiPh3)-3-(SiMe3)C3H3](2)Yb(tpyCN) (2171 and 2164 cm(-1), respectively). The differences in these frequencies can be attributed to differences in the ligands' steric and electronic character. Single-crystal X-ray characterization of [1,3-(SiMe3)(2)C3H3](2)Yb(tpy) reveals that the allyl moiety possesses shorter Yb-C and Yb-N bond distances than the Cp* analogue. The magnetic susceptibility data for [1,3-(SiMe3)(2)C3H3](2)Yb(tpy) departs dramatically from the Curie law, with a room-temperature magnetic moment of 2.95 mu(B).