Chemical routes to oxides: alkoxidevs. alkoxide–acetate routes: synthesis, characterization, reactivity and polycondensation of MNb2(OAc)2(OPri)10(M=Mg, Cd, Pb) species

Metal 2-ethylhexanoates and related compounds as useful precursors in materials science

“…Acetates based on divalent metals such as magnesium, cadmium and lead show reactivity toward metal alkoxides and form mixed metal species often in quite mild conditions. [4][5][6][7] The selection of a precursor and the solvents is the most important step in the precursor solution approach for the fabrication of thin films via MOD. The precursor should have relatively small organic groups in order to minimize the amount of organics to eliminate, and thus minimize the size of the pores and other defects in the film.…”

“…Metal 2-ethylhexanoates have other advantages of being inexpensive, air-stable, non-toxic as well as commercially available for a wide number of elements. In contrast to acetate-alkoxide species, [4][5][6][7] the chemistry of alkoxide-2-ethylhexanoate precursors is largely unexplored. Recently, the first heterometal alkoxide-alkanoate species involving 2-ethylhexanoate ligands were reported from our laboratory.…”

A new continuous two-step molecular precursor route to rare-earth oxysulfides Ln2O2S

“…multimetal) formulations. The final materials present most of the time excellent homogeneity due to initial mixing at the molecular level, and unwanted metal segregation is usually avoided thanks to chelating ligands [23,24]. In the case of oxides, the molecular precursor route often allows the synthesis to be carried out under milder conditions than other conventional methods [25,26].…”

Synthesis, characterization, and acceptor behavior of dichlorotris(2-t-butylphenoxo)niobium(V)

“…Although the literature contains voluminous reports on phenoxides of main group elements, transition metals, lanthanides, and actinides, more recent interest has centered on the early and late d-block metal chemistry supported by sterically bulky aryloxide ligation [5][6][7]. Niobium complexes, in particular, derived from alcohols and substituted phenols [8,9] present striking structural features and a wide range of applications in material science [10][11][12][13][14][15]. The niobium(V) catalysts bearing di-and tri-phenolic ligands polymerize ethylene, in the presence of an organoaluminum cocatalyst [16].…”