A series of 12 lanthanide coordination polymers was synthesized from anhydrous LnCl 3 and 1,2-di(4-pyridyl)ethylene (dpe) under solvothermal conditions in either thiazole (thz) or pyridine (py). The reactions yielded ∞ 1 [Ln 2 Cl 6 (dpe) 2 (thz) 4 ]•dpe with Ln = Ce (1), Nd (2), ∞ 1 [LnCl 3 (dpe)(py) 2 ]•(dpe/py) with Ln = Gd (3), Er (4), and ∞ 1 [LnCl 3 (dpe) (thz) 2 ](dpe/thz) with Ln = Sm (5), Gd (6), Tb (7), Dy (8), Er (9), Yb (10), as well as ∞ 1 [HoCl 3 (dpe)(thz) 2 ]•thz (11) and ∞ 2 [La 2 Cl 6 (dpe) 3 (py) 2 ]•dpe ( 12). One-dimensional coordination polymers (CPs) and a two-dimensional network of five different constitutions are formed by connection of LnCl 3 units via dpe molecules. As free ligand, dpe shows an excimer effect that is reduced in the coordination polymers. In addition, dipyridylethylene proves to be a suitable sensitizer for the photoluminescence of lanthanides in the near-infrared region (NIR) only. Thereby, dpe differs from the related ligand 1,2-di(4-pyridyl)ethane. For the compounds presented, four different luminescence effects were detected: luminescence based on fluorescence of the linker dpe is observed in the visible region, whereas ligand-sensitized 4f−4f NIR emission is dominating for trivalent Nd, Er, and Yb. The Er-containing CPs show an inner-filter effect of Er 3+ , which is based on reabsorption of emission of dpe triggering the erbium NIR emission.

ADC borane adducts RBX2·ADC (R = Mes, Dur; X = Cl, Br; ADC = :C(NiPr2)2) have been prepared and reduced by KC8 to afford air stable 1,2-azaboretidines with high selectivity.