Abstract
In the present study, we have focused mainly on the survey of interactions in Ln3+ (Ln = Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu) complexes with tetrapropyl diglycolamide (TPDGA) by means of density functional theory (DFT) methods. In the first step, the interaction of TPDGA ligand with Ln3+ cation series has been assessed thermodynamically in the gas phase and in presence of three solvents: n-hexane, chloroform and toluene, via polarized continuum model (PCM) calculations. The trend of metal-ligand interaction strength has been investigated and compared with the trend of ionic hardness within the series of lanthanide cations. Our results for the gas and solution phases demonstrate a consistency between the increasing trend in the hardness of Ln3+ cation series with the increasing in thermodynamical stability of [Ln(TPDGA)]3+ complex series. Moreover, our PCM calculations show that using n-hexane as a solvent is more favorable thermodynamically than chloroform and toluene for the complexation reaction of all [Ln(TPDGA)]3+ complex series. It should be stated that this issue has been observed in many experimental calculations. Finally the assessment of calculated deformation energies and also the variation in bond order of some selected key bonds in [Ln(TPDGA)]3+ complex series shows a similar trend with increasing in the hardness of Ln3+ cation series.
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