Structural Characterization of Methanol Substituted Lanthanum Halides.

ABSTRACT: The first study into the alcohol solvation of lanthanum halide [LaX(3)] derivatives as a means to lower the processing temperature for the production of the LaBr(3) scintillators was undertaken using methanol (MeOH). Initially the de-hydration of {[La(micro-Br)(H(2)O)(7)](Br)(2)}(2) (1) was investigated through the simple room temperature dissolution of 1 in MeOH. The mixed solvate monomeric [La(H(2)O)(7)(MeOH)(2)](Br)(3) (2) compound was isolated where the La metal center retains its original 9-coordination through the binding of two additional MeOH solvents but necessitates the transfer of the innersphere Br to the outersphere. In an attempt to in situ dry the reaction mixture of 1 in MeOH over CaH(2), crystals of [Ca(MeOH)(6)](Br)(2) (3) were isolated. Compound 1 dissolved in MeOH at re

SUBMITTER: Boyle TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2877215 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature