Chiroptical Spectra of Tetrakis (+)-3-Heptafluorobutylrylcamphorate Ln(III) Complexes with an Encapsulated Alkali Metal Ion: Solution Structures as Revealed by Chiroptical Spectra

The preparation of tetrakis((+)-hfbc) lanthanide(III) complexes with an encapsulated alkali metal and ammonium ions M[Ln((+)-hfbc)4] (hereafter abbreviated as M-Ln : (+)-hfbc, (+)-heptafluorobutyrylcamphorate; M, ammonium or benzyl ammonium ions as well as alkali metal ions) was reported and discussed. The electronic circular dichroism (CD) spectra in the intraligand π−π* transition of M–Ln were examined in view of the solvent effect. Here, the concentration, alkali metal, and ammonium ion dependences are compared with the solid CD, 5D0  7F0(Eu(III)) excitation spectra, circularly polarized luminescence, and vibrational circular dichroism. It has been revealed that the dodecahedral eight coordinate DD-8-M-Ln complexes in crystals are equilibrated between the diastereoselectively formed square antiprism eight coordinate SAPR-8-M-Ln and [Ln((+)-hfbc)3] in EtOH and CH3CN solutions or between the SAPR-8-M-Ln and DD-D2d(mmmm)-8-M-Ln complexes in CHCl3 solution. The observed CD couplets are found to reflect the exciton CD couplets which are useful to determine the four-bladed SAPR-(llll) absolute configuration around the lanthanide(III) ion. Chirality 24:1055–1062, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.