Interaction of saccharides with rare earth metal ions: synthesis and characterisation of Pr(III) and Nd(III)saccharide complexes Original Research Article

A number of complexes are synthesised with Pr(III) and Nd(III) employing the mono- and disaccharides, d-glucose, d-galactose, d-mannose, d-arabinose, d-ribose, d-xylose, maltose and lactose. The complexes are characterised by various spectral and analytical techniques, and based on these data, appropriate structures were assigned for all complexes.