Mono- and Di-Lanthanide Derivatives of 19-Tungsto-2-Arsenate(III)
Two types of lanthanide-containing derivatives of the 19-tungsto-2-arsenate(III) [As2W19O67- (H2O)]14− (As2W19) have been synthesized in mildly acidic aqueous media and characterized in the solid state. The ytterbium(III)-containing anion [Yb(H2O)2K(H2O)2As2W19O67(H2O)]10− (1) was formed by reaction of Yb3+ with the potassium salt of As2W19, while the lanthanum(III) derivative [La2(H2O)6As2W19O67(H2O)]8− (2) was formed by reaction of La3+ with the sodium salt of the trilacunary precursor [B-α-AsW9O33]9− (AsW9). The polyanions 1 and 2 crystallize as hydrated salts in the triclinic system, space group P1̄: K9.5Na0.5[Yb(H2O)2K(H2O)2As2W19O67(H2O)]·25H2O (KNa-1) with cell dimensions a = 12.4730(5), b = 17.4630(9), c = 21.1990(10) Å, α = 72.568(3)◦, β = 85.442(2)◦, γ = 89.147(3)◦, Z = 2; Na8[La2(H2O)8As2W19O67(H2O)]·17H2O (Na-2) with cell dimensions a = 14.929(2), b = 17.769(3), c = 20.754(4) Å, α = 77.203(10)◦, β = 80.273(9)◦, γ = 72.670(9)◦, Z = 2. Both compounds KNa-1 and Na-2 were characterized in the solid state by FTIR spectroscopy, TGA and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. In polyanion 1, the As2W19 unit sandwiches one ytterbium and one potassium ion leading to a structure with idealized Cs symmetry, whereas polyanion 2 incorporates two lanthanum ions leading to a structure with idealized C2v symmetry. Compositional analogs of polyanions 1 (Ln = La, Ce, Eu, Gd and Lu) and 2 (Ce) were also synthesized and identified by FTIR spectroscopy.