Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B · 1990 · 33 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesChemistryMaterials ScienceInorganic ChemistryOrganometallic ChemistrySpectroscopyCoordination ChemistryCrystal ChemistryLanthanide ChemistryMetal-ligand BondingMolecular Orbital TheoryTransition Metal ComplexesCrown Ether ComplexationCrown Ether-based MaterialsLanthanide HalidesNuclear Quadrupole CouplingQuadrupole InteractionQuadrupole SplittingX-ray Crystallography-based Structure DeterminationX-ray Structure Determination
The crown ether complexes SbX 3 (15-crown-5) with X = F, Cl, Br, and I have been prepared by reactions of 15-crown-5 with the corresponding antimony trihalides in acetonitrile solutions. The compounds were characterized by IR spectroscopy as well as by 121 Sb-Mössbauer spectroscopy. A method of orbital population analysis utilizing both Mössbauer isomer shifts and quadrupole coupling has been developed for Sb(III) antimony halides and their crown ether complexes. SbF 3 (15-crown-5) was also characterized by an X-ray structure determination: Space group P2 1 /n, Z = 4, 3628 observed unique reflexions, R = 0.032. Lattice dimensions at 19 °C: a = 891.54(6), b = 1277.26(6), c = 1277.66(7) pm, β = 95.029(4)°. The complex has a molecular structure in which the antimony atom is surrounded by three F-atoms with mean bond lengths of 192.4 pm and by the five oxygen atoms of the crown ether molecule with mean bond lengths of 293.9 pm.