Polyhedron

Structural characterization of methanol substituted lanthanum halides

TJ Boyle, LAM Ottley, TM Alam, MA Rodriguez, P Yang…

Index: Boyle, Timothy J.; Ottley, Leigh Anna M.; Alam, Todd M.; Rodriguez, Mark A.; Yang, Pin; Mcintyre, Sarah K. Polyhedron, 2010 , vol. 29, # 7 p. 1784 - 1795

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Abstract

The first study into the alcohol solvation of lanthanum halide [LaX3] derivatives as a means to lower the processing temperature for the production of the LaBr3 scintillators was undertaken using methanol (MeOH). Initially the de-hydration of {[La (μ-Br)(H2O) 7](Br) 2} 2 (1) was investigated through the simple room temperature dissolution of 1 in MeOH. The mixed solvate monomeric [La (H2O) 7 (MeOH) 2](Br) 3 (2) compound was isolated where ...