A New Binuclear Lutetium(III) Dimethyl-N-trichloroacetylamidophosphate Complex with a γ, γ'-Dipyridyl Bridge, {Lu[CCl3C(O)NP(O)(OCH3)2]3}2-μ(γ,γ'-dipy)
Abstract A new type of binuclear coordination compound of lutetium, {Lu2L6 · μ-(γ,γ '-dipy)} (where L = dimethyl-N-trichloroacetylamidophosphate anion and γ,γ '-dipy = 4,4'-dipyridyl), has been obtained. The IR spectroscopic data reveal that the ambidentate phosphoryl ligand is coordinated to the metal center in a bidentate manner via the phosphoryl and carbonyl oxygen atoms. The crystal and molecular structure of {Ln2L6-μ-(γ ,γ '-dipy)} has been determined by means of X-ray diffraction (triclinic, space group P i with parameters: a = 9.259(2), b = 12.530(3), c = 16.548(3) Å, α = 85.44(3)°, β = 75.64(3)°, γ = 70.56(3)°, Z = 1). The structure is made up of centrosymmetric binuclear molecules, in which the neutral heterocyclic ligand is coordinated to the metal centers in a bidentate bridging manner via its nitrogen atoms. The coordination number of each Lu(III) atom is 7 [60(L-) + N((γ ,γ '-dipy)]. Phosphoryl and carbonyl groups of the L- ligands are disposed in syn-position and are included in the six-membered chelate metallocycles. The coordination polyhedron of lutetium can be described as distorted mono-capped octahedron.