A series of three-dimensional coordination polymers with general formula [{Ln(H2O)n}{Re6Te8(CN)6}] · xH2O (Ln = Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb; n = 3, 4, x = 0, 2.5)

A series of new compounds containing rare earth cations (Eu to Yb) and paramagnetic cluster anion [Re6Te8(CN)6]3− was prepared and investigated. The X-ray structural analyses have revealed that the compounds [{Ln(H2O)4}{Re6Te8(CN)6}] · 2.5H2O; Ln = Eu (1), Tb (3), Dy (4), Ho (5), Er (6), Tm (7), [{Gd(H2O)3}{Re6Te8(CN)6}] · 2.5H2O (2) and [{Yb(H2O)4}{Re6Te8(CN)6}] (8) are three-dimensional polymers based on Re–CN–Ln interactions. Measurements of magnetic susceptibility for 2 and 5 showed that effective magnetic moment (at 300 K) was 8.13 μB for compound 2 and 10.79 μB for compound 5 with weak antiferromagnetic ordering appeared at low temperatures.

Graphical abstractThe eight three-dimensional coordination compounds [{Ln(H2O)4}{Re6Te8(CN)6}] · 2.5H2O; Ln = Eu (1), Tb (3), Dy (4), Ho (5), Er (6), Tm (7), [{Gd(H2O)3}{Re6Te8(CN)6}] · 2.5H2O (2) and [{Yb(H2O)4}{Re6Te8(CN)6}] (8) were synthesized and X-ray characterized. Comparison of the structures 1–8 showed that despite of relatively small distinctions in atomic radii of lanthanides Eu–Yb in series of compounds 1–8 four types of structures are realized.Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide