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Homoleptic Alkaline Earth Metal Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide Complex Compounds Obtained from an Ionic Liquid
Inorganic Chemistry (2006)
  • Arash Babai
  • Anja V. Mudring
Abstract

The first homoleptic alkaline earth bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (Tf2N) complexes [mppyr]2[Ca(Tf2N)4], [mppyr]2[Sr(Tf2N)4], and [mppyr][Ba(Tf2N)3] were crystallized from a solution of the respective alkaline earth bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide and the ionic liquid [mppyr][Tf2N] (mppyr = 1,1-N-methyl-N-propylpyrrolidinium). In the calcium and strontium compounds, the alkaline earth metal (AE) is coordinated by four bidentately chelating Tf2N ligands to form isolated (distorted) square antiprismatic [AE(Tf2N)4]2- complexes which are separated by N-methyl-N-propylpyrrolidinium cations. In contrast, the barium compound, [mppyr][Ba(Tf2N)3], forms an extended structure. Here the alkaline earth cation is surrounded by six oxygen atoms belonging to three Tf2N- anions which coordinate in a bidentate chelating fashion. Three further oxygen atoms of the same ligands are linking the Ba2+ cations to infinite [Ba(Tf2N)3] chains.

Publication Date
2006
Publisher Statement
Reprinted with permission from Inorg. Chem., 2006, 45 (8), pp 3249–3255. Copyright (2006) American Chemical Society.
Citation Information
Arash Babai and Anja V. Mudring. "Homoleptic Alkaline Earth Metal Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide Complex Compounds Obtained from an Ionic Liquid" Inorganic Chemistry Vol. 45 Iss. 8 (2006)
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