Specific features of the structure, reactivity, thermolysis, and magnetism of cymantrenecarboxylate complexes of lanthanides

The properties of the cymantrenecarboxylate (containing (CO)3 Mn(η5-C5H4CO2- group) complexes of lanthanides obtained and studied by the authors in the years 2009–2015 are reviewed. The complexes represent a new type of heterometallic 3d–4f compounds. Both binuclear and polymer complexes of various types are synthesized. The variation of the synthesis conditions and the use of additional ligands make it possible to successively change the Mn: Ln ratio in a molecule of the compounds and to obtain the ratio equal to 3: 1, 2: 1, and 1: 1. The polymeric heteroleptic derivatives, acetate and acetyacetonate cymantrenecarboxylates, are synthesized. Using the photolabile cymantrene fragment as a source of Mn2+ ions, polynuclear Mn–Ln heterometallic cymantrenecarboxylates are obtained under the oxidative photolysis conditions. The influence of binuclear neodymium cymantrenecarboxylate on the polymerization of dienes is studied. The structures of the complexes, their physicochemical properties, and possibilities of practical application are considered.