Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 4673−4679
Complexes of Lanthanide Nitrates with Bis(diphenylphosphino)methane Dioxide Anthony M. J. Lees and Andrew W. G. Platt* School of Sciences, Staffordshire UniVersity, College Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2DE, U.K. Received March 18, 2003
The reactions of lanthanide nitrates, Ln(NO3)3, with bis(diphenylphosphino)methane dioxide, Ph2P(O)CH2P(O)Ph2 (L), lead to complexes with three distinct classes of structure. At low ratios of Ln:L (