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Synthesis of crown ether-capped highly symmetrical fluoride-centered lanthanide clusters [Ln6F13(12-crown-4)6]I3F2 (Ln = Ho, Er)

Yangjuan Li, ORCID logo a   Miao Heab  and  Yu Gong ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Thorium Energy, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
E-mail: gongyu@sinap.ac.cn

b ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China

Abstract

We report two lanthanide clusters [Ln6F13(12-crown-4)6]I3F2 (Ln = Ho, Er) synthesized through facile one-pot reactions of LnI3, 12-crown-4 and AgBF4 in a 1 : 2 : 1 ratio at room temperature. Both complexes represent rare examples of highly symmetrical fluoride-bridged lanthanide clusters encapsulating a fluoride ion.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of crown ether-capped highly symmetrical fluoride-centered lanthanide clusters [Ln6F13(12-crown-4)6]I3F2 (Ln = Ho, Er)

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CC00045B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Jan 2026
Accepted
06 Feb 2026
First published
06 Feb 2026

Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article

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Synthesis of crown ether-capped highly symmetrical fluoride-centered lanthanide clusters [Ln6F13(12-crown-4)6]I3F2 (Ln = Ho, Er)

Y. Li, M. He and Y. Gong, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D6CC00045B

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