Tetraaquatetrakis(trimethylphosphine oxide-kappaO)cerium(III) trichloride trihydrate

Nicholas J Hill; Lai-Shi Leung; William Levason; Michael Webster

doi:10.1107/s0108270102004766

Tetraaquatetrakis(trimethylphosphine oxide-kappaO)cerium(III) trichloride trihydrate

Acta Crystallogr C. 2002 May;58(Pt 5):m295-6. doi: 10.1107/s0108270102004766. Epub 2002 Apr 11.

Authors

Nicholas J Hill¹, Lai-Shi Leung, William Levason, Michael Webster

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, England.

PMID: 11983971
DOI: 10.1107/s0108270102004766

Abstract

The title compound, [Ce(C(3)H(9)OP)(4)(H(2)O)(4)]Cl(3).3H(2)O, contains eight-coordinate Ce atoms in an approximate dodecahedral arrangement, with Ce-O(P) = 2.372 (2)-2.423 (2) A and Ce-O(H(2)) = 2.518 (2)-2.630 (2) A.