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Thesis--Wisconsin. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-77).

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of St Andrews, April 2009. / Restricted until 20th April 2010.

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Eight rare earth complexes with bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (DPA) were synthesised and recrystallised, under air-sensitive or low moisture conditions. The crystal structures were successfully determined, via SC-XRD, and the asymmetric units of five complexes (1, 3, 5, 6 and 7) were submitted for DFT molecular modelling calculations, which involved geometry optimisation and frequency calculations. The neutral complexes obtained were bis(bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine)-trichloro-lanthanum(III) [LaCl3(DPA)2] (1), bis(bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine)-trichloro-cerium(III)) [CeCl3(DPA)2] (2), bis(μ2-chloro)-diaqua-tetrachloro-bis(bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine)-di-praseodymium(III) [PrCl2(μ-Cl)(DPA)(OH2)]2 (3) and bis(μ2-methoxo)-bis(bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine)- tetrachloro-di-dysprosium(III) [DyCl2(μ-OCH3)(DPA)]2 (4). The cationic complexes obtained in this study were dichloro-bis(bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine)- neodymium(III) chloride methanol solvate [NdCl2(DPA)2]Cl·CH3OH (5), dichloro-bis(bis(2- pyridylmethyl)amine)-dysprosium(III) chloride methanol solvate [DyCl2(DPA)2]Cl·CH3OH (6), dichloro-bis(bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine)-yttrium(III) chloride methanol solvate [YCl2(DPA)2]Cl·CH3OH (7) and dichloro-bis(bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine)-lutetium(III) chloride methanol solvate [LuCl2(DPA)2]Cl·CH3OH (8). The ‘Quantum theory of atoms in molecules’ approach was used to investigate the electron density topology, primarily in order to investigate the hydrogen and coordination bonds for three of the eight complexes. Two of the neutral complexes contain the ‘early’ rare earth elements lanthanum and praseodymium and one cationic complex contains the ‘late’ lanthanide element dysprosium. Noncovalent interaction analysis was also performed on the aforementioned complexes in order to gain a deeper understanding of the intra-molecular stereo-electronic interactions. Spin density analysis was used to investigate the distribution of unpaired electron density at and around the metal centres of the aforementioned paramagnetic Pr- and Dy-complexes. A ligand conformation search for DPA was undertaken and 32 low energy conformers were identified and their relative energies were determined using two DFT functionals, namely M06 and M06-2X.