TY - JOUR

T1 - Crystal Chemical Study of Two Scandium(III) Complexes with Pivaloyltrifluoroacetone

AU - Zherikova, K. V.

AU - Kuratieva, N. V.

PY - 2019/10/1

Y1 - 2019/10/1

N2 - A scandium(III) tris-(pivaloyltrifluoroacetonate) complex [Sc(ptac)3] is synthesized, purified, and characterized by the elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, and the TG/DTA technique. The complex is a highly volatile and low-melting compound that is stable in air and to heat. Slow evaporation of the mother ethanol liquor at room temperature leads to the growth of single crystals of a mixed-ligand complex with an alcohol molecule: [Sc(EtOH)(ptac)3]. By single crystal X-ray diffraction at a temperature of 150(2) K the [Sc(ptac)3] and [Sc(EtOH)(ptac)3] structures are solved. The crystallographic data are: for C24H30F9O6Sc space group P-1, a = 9.1565(2) Å, b = 9.6854(3) Å, c = 17.3271(4) Å, β = 79.927(1)°, V = 1465.79(7) Å3, Z = 2, dcalc = 1.428 g/cm3, R = 0.041; for C26F9O7Sc space group P-1, a = 9.9376(3) Å, b = 13.0243(4) Å, c = 13.2743(4) Å, β = 111.932°, V = 1575.85(8) Å3, Z = 2, dcalc = 1.426 g/cm3, R = 0.048. Both structures are composed of neutral molecules; the metal atom coordinates six oxygen atoms of three ligands of β-diketone ([Sc(ptac)3]) and additionally an oxygen atom of the ethanol molecule ([Sc(EtOH)(ptac)3]). Tert-butyl and trifluoromethyl substituents in both complexes are oriented so that they create a facial isomer. The Sc-O distances are within 2.07–2.11 Å in [Sc(ptac)3], and in [Sc(EtOH)(ptac)3] they are within 2.10–2.24 Å. In the crystals of both compounds, the molecules are linked by only van der Waals interactions, forming a pseudo-layered structure with a hexagonal arrangement inside the layer. Six shortest Sc⋯Sc distances in [Sc(ptac)3] are within 8.34–10.42 Å. In [Sc(EtOH)(ptac)3], a distorted hexagonal packing has an average parameter of ~9.5 Å.

AB - A scandium(III) tris-(pivaloyltrifluoroacetonate) complex [Sc(ptac)3] is synthesized, purified, and characterized by the elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, and the TG/DTA technique. The complex is a highly volatile and low-melting compound that is stable in air and to heat. Slow evaporation of the mother ethanol liquor at room temperature leads to the growth of single crystals of a mixed-ligand complex with an alcohol molecule: [Sc(EtOH)(ptac)3]. By single crystal X-ray diffraction at a temperature of 150(2) K the [Sc(ptac)3] and [Sc(EtOH)(ptac)3] structures are solved. The crystallographic data are: for C24H30F9O6Sc space group P-1, a = 9.1565(2) Å, b = 9.6854(3) Å, c = 17.3271(4) Å, β = 79.927(1)°, V = 1465.79(7) Å3, Z = 2, dcalc = 1.428 g/cm3, R = 0.041; for C26F9O7Sc space group P-1, a = 9.9376(3) Å, b = 13.0243(4) Å, c = 13.2743(4) Å, β = 111.932°, V = 1575.85(8) Å3, Z = 2, dcalc = 1.426 g/cm3, R = 0.048. Both structures are composed of neutral molecules; the metal atom coordinates six oxygen atoms of three ligands of β-diketone ([Sc(ptac)3]) and additionally an oxygen atom of the ethanol molecule ([Sc(EtOH)(ptac)3]). Tert-butyl and trifluoromethyl substituents in both complexes are oriented so that they create a facial isomer. The Sc-O distances are within 2.07–2.11 Å in [Sc(ptac)3], and in [Sc(EtOH)(ptac)3] they are within 2.10–2.24 Å. In the crystals of both compounds, the molecules are linked by only van der Waals interactions, forming a pseudo-layered structure with a hexagonal arrangement inside the layer. Six shortest Sc⋯Sc distances in [Sc(ptac)3] are within 8.34–10.42 Å. In [Sc(EtOH)(ptac)3], a distorted hexagonal packing has an average parameter of ~9.5 Å.

KW - MOCVD precursor

KW - pivaloyltrifluoroacetone

KW - scandium

KW - single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis

KW - synthesis

KW - TG/DTA

KW - OXIDE

KW - MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE

KW - CHEMISTRY

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074658747&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1134/S002247661910007X

DO - 10.1134/S002247661910007X

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85074658747

VL - 60

SP - 1622

EP - 1629

JO - Journal of Structural Chemistry

JF - Journal of Structural Chemistry

SN - 0022-4766

IS - 10

ER -