Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 5401-5407
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Ligand-Field Analysis of an Er(III) Complex with a Heptadentate Tripodal N4O3 Ligand Bernadine M. Flanagan,† Paul V. Bernhardt,† Elmars R. Krausz,‡ Stefan R. Lu1 thi,† and Mark J. Riley*,† Department of Chemistry, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, 4072, Australia, and Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, 0200, Australia ReceiVed March 23, 2001 Polarized absorption and emission spectra of trigonal single crystals of an Er(III) complex coordinated to a heptadentate tripodal ligand are reported at temperatures between 8 and 298 K. The assigned energy levels below the onset of ligand absorption (
