Alkoxides with polydentate alcohols: synthesis and structure of [Y(OC2H4OMe)3]10, a hydrocarbon soluble cyclic decamer
Abstract
Compound [Y(OC2H4OMe)3]10 was obtained either by direct attack on yttrium turnings by 2-methoxyethanol in toluene or by alcoholysis of Y5O(OPri)13; its X-ray structure analysis reveals a centrosymmetric cyclic arrangement of 10 yttrium atoms, each of these being hepta-co-ordinated.