Synthesis, structure and optical characteristics of pyridyl substituted diketonates of lanthanoids

Lanthanoid complexes of a dipyridylsubstituted β-diketonate ligand have been prepared and their structure and optical characteristics have been explored. The structure of these complexes are ten-coordinate centrosymmetric dimers with quadruply bridging diketonate ligands, terminal diketonate ligands and ‘danglingʹ a