4,4,4-Trifluoro-1-(2-naphthyl)-1,3-butanedione,
2,2′-bipyridine, 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine,
and 5,5′-dimethyl-2,2′-dipyridine were purchased from
TCI,
cerium(III) nitrate hexahydrate was purchased from Sigma Aldrich,
and other chemicals were of analytical grade quality. Attenuated total
reflection infrared (ATR-IR) spectra of solid complexes were recorded
on a Bruker
Alpha P spectrometer. C, H, and N elemental microanalyses
were performed using an Elementar Vario EN3 analyzer. Phase purity
of the solid bulk material of the title compounds was checked using
a Bruker
D8 ADVANCE X-ray powder diffractometer (CuKα radiation).
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