The chemical bonding nature of rare earth（RE） elements can be studied by a quantitative analysis of electron domain of an atom. The outer electrons of RE elements are within the valence shell 4f^（0-14）5d^（0-1）6s...The chemical bonding nature of rare earth（RE） elements can be studied by a quantitative analysis of electron domain of an atom. The outer electrons of RE elements are within the valence shell 4f^（0-14）5d^（0-1）6s^2, which are involved in all chemical bonding features. We in this work found that the chemical bonding characteristics of 4f electrons are a kind of hybridizations, and classified them into three types of chemical bonding of 4f^（0-14）5d^（0-1）6s^2, furthermore, the coordination number ranging from 2 to 16 could thus be determined. We selected Y（NO_3）_3, La（NO_3）_3, Ce（NO_3）_3, YCl_3, LaCl_3, and CeCl_3 as examples to in-situ observe their IR spectra of chemical bonding behaviors of Y^（3＋）, La^（3＋） and Ce^（3＋） cations, which could show different chemical bonding modes of 4f and 5d electrons. In the present study, we obtained the direct criterion to confirm whether 4f electrons can participate in chemical bonding, that is, only when the coordination number of RE cations is larger than 9.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51125009,91434118,21401185,21521092)Hundred Talents Program of Chinese Academy of SciencesJilin Province Science and Technology Development Project(20170101092JC,20160520006JH)
文摘The chemical bonding nature of rare earth（RE） elements can be studied by a quantitative analysis of electron domain of an atom. The outer electrons of RE elements are within the valence shell 4f^（0-14）5d^（0-1）6s^2, which are involved in all chemical bonding features. We in this work found that the chemical bonding characteristics of 4f electrons are a kind of hybridizations, and classified them into three types of chemical bonding of 4f^（0-14）5d^（0-1）6s^2, furthermore, the coordination number ranging from 2 to 16 could thus be determined. We selected Y（NO_3）_3, La（NO_3）_3, Ce（NO_3）_3, YCl_3, LaCl_3, and CeCl_3 as examples to in-situ observe their IR spectra of chemical bonding behaviors of Y^（3＋）, La^（3＋） and Ce^（3＋） cations, which could show different chemical bonding modes of 4f and 5d electrons. In the present study, we obtained the direct criterion to confirm whether 4f electrons can participate in chemical bonding, that is, only when the coordination number of RE cations is larger than 9.
