Complexes of erbium and lutetium bromides with carbamide: Synthesis and structures

Abstract

The synthesis and data of the study of new complexes of erbium and lutetium bromides with carbamide, [Ln(Ur)4(H2O)4]Br3 (I and III) and [Ln(Ur)6(H2O)2]Br3 (II and IV) (Ln = Er and Lu), by IR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis are presented. For all four compounds, coordination with metal occurs through the oxygen atoms of the water and carbamide molecules. The coordination polyhedra of the Ln atoms are distorted square antiprisms. Coordination of four carbamide molecules does not change their planar structures. The bromide ions are not coordinated, existing in the external sphere. Many hydrogen bonds are observed in the structures of complexes of both types.