%0 Journal Article %T Polynuclear coordination precursor compounds for M3Fe5O12 garnets (M = Y, Eu, Gd and Er). %A LUMINITA PATRON %A OANA CARP %A IOANA MINDRU %A GABRIELA MARINESCU %J Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society %D 2005 %I Serbian Chemical Society %X A new type of complexes compounds (NH4)6[M3Fe5(C4O5H4)6(C4O5H3)6]¡¤16H2O (where M(III) = Y, Eu, Gd, Er), (NH4)6[M3Fe5(C4O6H4)6(C4O6H3)6]¡¤16H2O (where M(III) = Gd, Er) and (NH4)6[M3Fe5(C6O7H10)6(C6O7H9)6]¡¤xH2O (where M(III) = Y; x = 8; M(III) = Eu, Er; x = 22) [C4O5H42¨C = malate anion; C4O6H42¨C = tartarate anion, C6O7H11¨C = gluconate anion] have been synthesized and characterised by elemental chemical analysis and physico-chemical measurements (IR, UV-Vis spectroscopy and magnetic determinations). The synthetic possibilities offered by the use of these new compounds as potential precursors for garnets have been suggested. %K garnets precursors %K complexation method %U http://www.shd.org.yu/HtDocs/SHD/vol70/No8-9/JSCS_V70_No8-9-04.pdf