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Obeso JL, Huxley MT, de Los Reyes JA, Humphrey SM, Ibarra IA, Peralta RA. Low-Valent Metals in Metal-Organic Frameworks Via Post-Synthetic Modification. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202309025. [PMID: 37614026 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202309025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
Abstract
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) provide uniquely tunable, periodic platforms for site-isolation of reactive low-valent metal complexes of relevance in modern catalysis, adsorptive applications, and fundamental structural studies. Strategies for integrating such species in MOFs include post-synthetic metalation, encapsulation and direct synthesis using low-valent organometallic complexes as building blocks. These approaches have each proven effective in enhancing catalytic activity, modulating product distributions (i.e., by improving catalytic selectivity), and providing valuable mechanistic insights. In this minireview, we explore these different strategies, as applied to isolate low-valent species within MOFs, with a particular focus on examples that leverage the unique crystallinity, permanent porosity and chemical mutability of MOFs to achieve deep structural insights that lead to new paradigms in the field of hybrid catalysis.
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- Juan L Obeso
- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica y Reactividad de Superficies (LaFReS), Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior s/n, CU, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
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- School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Engineering & Technology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Av. San Rafael Atlixco 186, Col. Vicentina, Ciudad de México, 09340, México
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 4.424 Welch Hall, 105 E. 24th St., Austin, TX, 78712-0165, USA
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- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica y Reactividad de Superficies (LaFReS), Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior s/n, CU, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
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- Department of Chemistry, División de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM-I), Ciudad de México, 09340, Mexico
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Echeverría J, Alvarez S. The borderless world of chemical bonding across the van der Waals crust and the valence region. Chem Sci 2023; 14:11647-11688. [PMID: 37920358 PMCID: PMC10619631 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc02238b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 07/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023] Open
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The definition of the van der Waals crust as the spherical section between the atomic radius and the van der Waals radius of an element is discussed and a survey of the application of the penetration index between two interacting atoms in a wide variety of covalent, polar, coordinative or noncovalent bonding situations is presented. It is shown that this newly defined parameter permits the comparison of bonding between pairs of atoms in structural and computational studies independently of the atom sizes.
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- Jorge Echeverría
- Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catalisis Homogénea (ISQCH) and Departmento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza Pedro Cerbuna 12 50009 Zaragoza Spain
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- Department de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica, Secció de Química Inorgànica, e Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona Martí i Franquès 1-11 08028 -Barcelona Spain
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Sajjad MA, Macgregor SA, Weller AS. A comparison of non-covalent interactions in the crystal structures of two σ-alkane complexes of Rh exhibiting contrasting stabilities in the solid state. Faraday Discuss 2023; 244:222-240. [PMID: 37096331 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd00009e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
Non-covalent interactions surrounding the cationic Rh σ-alkane complexes within the crystal structures of [(Cy2PCH2CH2PCy2)Rh(NBA)][BArF4], [1-NBA][BArF4] (NBA = norbornane, C7H12; ArF = 3,5-(CF3)2C6H3), and [1-propane][BArF4] are analysed using Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules (QTAIM) and Independent Gradient Model approaches, the latter under a Hirshfeld partitioning scheme (IGMH). In both structures the cations reside in an octahedral array of [BArF4]- anions within which the [1-NBA]+ cation system exhibits a greater number of C-H⋯F contacts to the anions. QTAIM and IGMH analyses indicate these include the strongest individual atom-atom non-covalent interactions between the cation and the anion in these systems. The IGMH approach highlights the directionality of these C-H⋯F contacts that contrasts with the more diffuse C-H⋯π interactions. The accumulative effects of the latter lead to a more significant stabilizing contribution. IGMH %δGatom plots provide a particularly useful visual tool to identify key interactions and highlight the importance of a -{C3H6}- propylene moiety that is present within both the propane and NBA ligands (the latter as a truncated -{C3H4}- unit) and the cyclohexyl rings of the phosphine substituents. The potential for this to act as a privileged motif that confers stability on the crystal structures of σ-alkane complexes in the solid-state is discussed. The greater number of C-H⋯F inter-ion interactions in the [1-NBA][BArF4] system, coupled with more significant C-H⋯π interactions are all consistent with greater non-covalent stabilisation around the [1-NBA]+ cation. This is also supported by larger computed δGatom indices as a measure of cation-anion non-covalent interaction energy.
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- M Arif Sajjad
- Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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Samudrala KK, Conley MP. Effects of surface acidity on the structure of organometallics supported on oxide surfaces. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:4115-4127. [PMID: 36912586 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc00047h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Well-defined organometallics supported on high surface area oxides are promising heterogeneous catalysts. An important design factor in these materials is how the metal interacts with the functionalities on an oxide support, commonly anionic X-type ligands derived from the reaction of an organometallic M-R with an -OH site on the oxide. The metal can either form a covalent M-O bond or form an electrostatic M+⋯-O ion-pair, which impacts how well-defined organometallics will interact with substrates in catalytic reactions. A less common reaction pathway involves the reaction of a Lewis site on the oxide with the organometallic, resulting in abstraction to form an ion-pair, which is relevant to industrial olefin polymerization catalysts. This Feature Article views the spectrum of reactivity between an organometallic and an oxide through the prism of Brønsted and/or Lewis acidity of surface sites and draws analogies to the molecular frame where Lewis and Brønsted acids are known to form reactive ion-pairs. Applications of the well-defined sites developed in this article are also discussed.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
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Royle CG, Sotorrios L, Gyton MR, Brodie CN, Burnage AL, Furfari SK, Marini A, Warren MR, Macgregor SA, Weller AS. Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal Addition of H 2 to [Ir( iPr-PONOP)(propene)][BAr F4] and Comparison Between Solid-State and Solution Reactivity. Organometallics 2022; 41:3270-3280. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Cameron G. Royle
- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington YO10 5DD, York, U.K
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington YO10 5DD, York, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington YO10 5DD, York, U.K
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, U.K
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd, Didcot OX11 0DE, U.K
- Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington YO10 5DD, York, U.K
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Parsutkar MM, Moore CE, RajanBabu TV. Activator-free single-component Co(I)-catalysts for regio- and enantioselective heterodimerization and hydroacylation reactions of 1,3-dienes. New reduction procedures for synthesis of [L]Co(I)-complexes and comparison to in situ generated catalysts. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:10148-10159. [PMID: 35734952 PMCID: PMC9441011 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt01484j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Although cobalt(I) bis-phosphine complexes have been implicated in many selective C-C bond-forming reactions, until recently relatively few of these compounds have been fully characterized or have been shown to be intermediates in catalytic reactions. In this paper we present a new practical method for the synthesis and isolation of several cobalt(I)-bis-phosphine complexes and their use in Co(I)-catalyzed reactions. We find that easily prepared (in situ generated or isolated) bis-phosphine and (2,6-N-aryliminoethyl)pyridine (PDI) cobalt(II) halide complexes are readily reduced by 1,4-bis-trimethylsilyl-1,4-dihydropyrazine or commercially available lithium nitride (Li3N), leaving behind only innocuous volatile byproducts. Depending on the structures of the bis-phosphines, the cobalt(I) complex crystallizes as a phosphine-bridged species [(P∼P)(X)CoI[μ-(P∼P)]CoI(X)(P∼P)] or a halide-bridged species [(P∼P)CoI[μ-(X)]2CoI(P∼P)]. Because the side-products are innocuous, these methods can be used for the in situ generation of catalytically competent Co(I) complexes for a variety of low-valent cobalt-catalyzed reactions of even sensitive substrates. These complexes are also useful for the synthesis of rare cationic [(P∼P)CoI-η4-diene]+ X- or [(P∼P)CoI-η6-arene]+ X- complexes, which are shown to be excellent single-component catalysts for the following regioselective reactions of dienes: heterodimerizations with ethylene or methyl acrylate, hydroacylation and hydroboration. The reactivity of the single-component catalysts with the in situ generated species are also documented.
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- Mahesh M Parsutkar
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.
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The σ-alkane complexes of transition metals, which contain an essentially intact alkane molecule weakly bound to the metal, have been well established as crucial intermediates in the activation of the strong C-H σ-bonds found in alkanes. Methane, the simplest alkane, binds even more weakly than larger alkanes. Here we report an example of a long-lived methane complex formed by directly binding methane as an incoming ligand to a reactive organometallic complex. Photo-ejection of carbon monoxide from a cationic osmium-carbonyl complex dissolved in an inert hydrofluorocarbon solvent saturated with methane at -90 °C affords an osmium(II) complex, [η5-CpOs(CO)2(CH4)]+, containing methane bound to the metal centre. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy confirms the identity of the σ-methane complex and shows that the four protons of the metal-bound methane are in rapid exchange with each other. The methane ligand has a characteristically shielded 1H NMR resonance (δ -2.16), and the highly shielded carbon resonance (δ -56.3) shows coupling to the four attached protons (1JC-H = 127 Hz). The methane complex has an effective half-life of about 13 hours at -90 °C.
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Whitehurst WG, Kim J, Koenig SG, Chirik PJ. Three-Component Coupling of Arenes, Ethylene, and Alkynes Catalyzed by a Cationic Bis(phosphine) Cobalt Complex: Intercepting Metallacyclopentenes for C-H Functionalization. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:4530-4540. [PMID: 35245039 PMCID: PMC8931730 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c12646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A cobalt-catalyzed
intermolecular three-component coupling of arenes,
ethylene, and alkynes was developed using the well-defined air-stable
cationic bis(phosphine) cobalt(I) complex, [(dcype)Co(η6-C7H8)][BArF4]
(dcype = 1,2-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane; BArF4 = B[(3,5-(CF3)2)C6H3]4), as the precatalyst. All three components were
required for turnover and formation of ortho-homoallylated
arene products. A range of directing groups including amide, ketone,
and 2-pyridyl substituents on the arene promoted the reaction. The
cobalt-catalyzed method exhibited broad functional group tolerance
allowing for the late-stage functionalization of two drug molecules,
fenofibrate and haloperidol. A series of control reactions, deuterium
labeling studies, resting state analysis, as well as synthesis of
substrate- and product-bound η6-arene complexes supported
a pathway involving C(sp2)–H activation from a cobalt(III) metallacycle.
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- William G Whitehurst
- Department of Chemistry, Frick Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Frick Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Small Molecule Process Chemistry, Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Frick Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Doyle LR, Galpin MR, Furfari SK, Tegner BE, Martínez-Martínez AJ, Whitwood AC, Hicks SA, Lloyd-Jones GC, Macgregor SA, Weller AS. Inverse Isotope Effects in Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal Reactivity and the Isolation of a Rhodium Cyclooctane σ-Alkane Complex. Organometallics 2022; 41:284-292. [PMID: 35273423 PMCID: PMC8900153 DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The
sequential solid/gas single-crystal to single-crystal reaction
of [Rh(Cy2P(CH2)3PCy2)(COD)][BArF4] (COD = cyclooctadiene) with H2 or
D2 was followed in situ by solid-state 31P{1H} NMR spectroscopy (SSNMR) and ex situ by solution quenching
and GC-MS. This was quantified using a two-step Johnson–Mehl–Avrami–Kologoromov
(JMAK) model that revealed an inverse isotope effect for the second
addition of H2, that forms a σ-alkane complex [Rh(Cy2P(CH2)3PCy2)(COA)][BArF4]. Using D2, a temporal window is determined
in which a structural solution for this σ-alkane complex is
possible, which reveals an η2,η2-binding mode to the Rh(I) center, as supported by periodic density
functional theory (DFT) calculations. Extensive H/D exchange occurs
during the addition of D2, as promoted by the solid-state
microenvironment.
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- Laurence R. Doyle
- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland EH14 4AS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland EH14 4AS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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Perutz RN, Sabo‐Etienne S, Weller AS. Metathesis by Partner Interchange in σ-Bond Ligands: Expanding Applications of the σ-CAM Mechanism. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202111462. [PMID: 34694734 PMCID: PMC9299125 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202111462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
In 2007 two of us defined the σ-Complex Assisted Metathesis mechanism (Perutz and Sabo-Etienne, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 2578-2592), that is, the σ-CAM concept. This new approach to reaction mechanisms brought together metathesis reactions involving the formation of a variety of metal-element bonds through partner-interchange of σ-bond complexes. The key concept that defines a σ-CAM process is a single transition state for metathesis that is connected by two intermediates that are σ-bond complexes while the oxidation state of the metal remains constant in precursor, intermediates and product. This mechanism is appropriate in situations where σ-bond complexes have been isolated or computed as well-defined minima. Unlike several other mechanisms, it does not define the nature of the transition state. In this review, we highlight advances in the characterization and dynamic rearrangements of σ-bond complexes, most notably alkane and zincane complexes, but also different geometries of silane and borane complexes. We set out a selection of catalytic and stoichiometric examples of the σ-CAM mechanism that are supported by strong experimental and/or computational evidence. We then draw on these examples to demonstrate that the scope of the σ-CAM mechanism has expanded to classes of reaction not envisaged in 2007 (additional σ-bond ligands, agostic complexes, sp2 -carbon, surfaces). Finally, we provide a critical comparison to alternative mechanisms for metathesis of metal-element bonds.
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- CNRSLCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination)205 route de Narbonne, BP 44099F-31077Toulouse Cedex 4France
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Perutz RN, Sabo‐Etienne S, Weller AS. Metathesis by Partner Interchange in σ‐Bond Ligands: Expanding Applications of the σ‐CAM Mechanism. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202111462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
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- CNRS LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination) 205 route de Narbonne, BP 44099 F-31077 Toulouse Cedex 4 France
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Farmer ME, Ehehalt LE, Pabst TP, Tudge MT, Chirik PJ. Well-Defined Cationic Cobalt(I) Precatalyst for Olefin-Alkyne [2 + 2] Cycloaddition and Olefin-Diene Hydrovinylation Reactions: Experimental Evidence for Metallacycle Intermediates. Organometallics 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Marcus E. Farmer
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
- GlaxoSmithKline Medicinal Chemistry, 1250 South Collegeville Road, P.O. Box 5089, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- GlaxoSmithKline Medicinal Chemistry, 1250 South Collegeville Road, P.O. Box 5089, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Peralta RA, Huxley MT, Albalad J, Sumby CJ, Doonan CJ. Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Transformations of Metal-Organic-Framework-Supported, Site-Isolated Trigonal-Planar Cu(I) Complexes with Labile Ligands. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:11775-11783. [PMID: 34160208 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Transition-metal complexes bearing labile ligands can be difficult to isolate and study in solution because of unwanted dinucleation or ligand substitution reactions. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) provide a unique matrix that allows site isolation and stabilization of well-defined transition-metal complexes that may be of importance as moieties for gas adsorption or catalysis. Herein we report the development of an in situ anion metathesis strategy that facilitates the postsynthetic modification of Cu(I) complexes appended to a porous, crystalline MOF. By exchange of coordinated chloride for weakly coordinating anions in the presence of carbon monoxide (CO) or ethylene, a series of labile MOF-appended Cu(I) complexes featuring CO or ethylene ligands are prepared and structurally characterized using X-ray crystallography. These complexes have an uncommon trigonal planar geometry because of the absence of coordinating solvents. The porous host framework allows small and moderately sized molecules to access the isolated Cu(I) sites and displace the "place-holder" CO ligand, mirroring the ligand-exchange processes involved in Cu-centered catalysis.
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- Ricardo A Peralta
- Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials and Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials and Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials and Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials and Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials and Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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X-ray crystallography is an invaluable tool in design and development of organometallic catalysis, but application typically requires species to display sufficiently high solution concentrations and lifetimes for single crystalline samples to be obtained. In crystallo organometallic chemistry relies on chemical reactions that proceed within the single-crystal environment to access crystalline samples of reactive organometallic fragments that are unavailable by alternate means. This highlight describes approaches to in crystallo organometallic chemistry including (a) solid-gas reactions between transition metal complexes in molecular crystals and diffusing small molecules, (b) reactions of organometallic complexes within the extended lattices of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and (c) intracrystalline photochemical transformations to generate reactive organometallic fragments. Application of these methods has enabled characterization of catalytically important transient species, including σ-alkane adducts of transition metals, metal alkyl intermediates implicated in metal-catalyzed carbonylations, and reactive M-L multiply bonded species involved in C-H functionalization chemistry. Opportunities and challenges for in crystallo organometallic chemistry are discussed.
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- Kaleb A Reid
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 3255 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 3255 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
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Bukvic A, Burnage AL, Tizzard GJ, Martínez-Martínez AJ, McKay AI, Rees NH, Tegner BE, Krämer T, Fish H, Warren MR, Coles SJ, Macgregor SA, Weller AS. A Series of Crystallographically Characterized Linear and Branched σ-Alkane Complexes of Rhodium: From Propane to 3-Methylpentane. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:5106-5120. [PMID: 33769815 PMCID: PMC8154534 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c00738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Using solid-state molecular organometallic (SMOM) techniques, in particular solid/gas single-crystal to single-crystal reactivity, a series of σ-alkane complexes of the general formula [Rh(Cy2PCH2CH2PCy2)(ηn:ηm-alkane)][BArF4] have been prepared (alkane = propane, 2-methylbutane, hexane, 3-methylpentane; ArF = 3,5-(CF3)2C6H3). These new complexes have been characterized using single crystal X-ray diffraction, solid-state NMR spectroscopy and DFT computational techniques and present a variety of Rh(I)···H-C binding motifs at the metal coordination site: 1,2-η2:η2 (2-methylbutane), 1,3-η2:η2 (propane), 2,4-η2:η2 (hexane), and 1,4-η1:η2 (3-methylpentane). For the linear alkanes propane and hexane, some additional Rh(I)···H-C interactions with the geminal C-H bonds are also evident. The stability of these complexes with respect to alkane loss in the solid state varies with the identity of the alkane: from propane that decomposes rapidly at 295 K to 2-methylbutane that is stable and instead undergoes an acceptorless dehydrogenation to form a bound alkene complex. In each case the alkane sits in a binding pocket defined by the {Rh(Cy2PCH2CH2PCy2)}+ fragment and the surrounding array of [BArF4]- anions. For the propane complex, a small alkane binding energy, driven in part by a lack of stabilizing short contacts with the surrounding anions, correlates with the fleeting stability of this species. 2-Methylbutane forms more short contacts within the binding pocket, and as a result the complex is considerably more stable. However, the complex of the larger 3-methylpentane ligand shows lower stability. Empirically, there therefore appears to be an optimal fit between the size and shape of the alkane and overall stability. Such observations are related to guest/host interactions in solution supramolecular chemistry and the holistic role of 1°, 2°, and 3° environments in metalloenzymes.
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- Alexander
J. Bukvic
- Department
of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10
5DD, U.K.
- Department
of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratories, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.
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- Institute
of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS. U.K.
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- UK
National Crystallography Service, University
of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratories, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratories, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.
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- Institute
of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS. U.K.
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- Institute
of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS. U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10
5DD, U.K.
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- Diamond
Light Source Ltd., Diamond House,
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, U.K.
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- UK
National Crystallography Service, University
of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.
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- Institute
of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS. U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10
5DD, U.K.
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Furfari SK, Tegner BE, Burnage AL, Doyle LR, Bukvic AJ, Macgregor SA, Weller AS. Selectivity of Rh⋅⋅⋅H-C Binding in a σ-Alkane Complex Controlled by the Secondary Microenvironment in the Solid State. Chemistry 2021; 27:3177-3183. [PMID: 33112000 PMCID: PMC7898853 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Single-crystal to single-crystal solid-state molecular organometallic (SMOM) techniques are used for the synthesis and structural characterization of the σ-alkane complex [Rh(tBu2 PCH2 CH2 CH2 PtBu2 )(η2 ,η2 -C7 H12 )][BArF 4 ] (ArF =3,5-(CF3 )2 C6 H3 ), in which the alkane (norbornane) binds through two exo-C-H⋅⋅⋅Rh interactions. In contrast, the bis-cyclohexyl phosphine analogue shows endo-alkane binding. A comparison of the two systems, supported by periodic DFT calculations, NCI plots and Hirshfeld surface analyses, traces this different regioselectivity to subtle changes in the local microenvironment surrounding the alkane ligand. A tertiary periodic structure supporting a secondary microenvironment that controls binding at the metal site has parallels with enzymes. The new σ-alkane complex is also a catalyst for solid/gas 1-butene isomerization, and catalyst resting states are identified for this.
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- Institute of Chemical SciencesHeriot-Watt UniversityEdinburghEH14 4ASUK
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- Institute of Chemical SciencesHeriot-Watt UniversityEdinburghEH14 4ASUK
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of YorkYorkYO10 5DDUK
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of OxfordMansfield RoadOxfordOX1 3TAUK
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Zick ME, Lee JH, Gonzalez MI, Velasquez EO, Uliana AA, Kim J, Long JR, Milner PJ. Fluoroarene Separations in Metal-Organic Frameworks with Two Proximal Mg 2+ Coordination Sites. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:1948-1958. [PMID: 33492140 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c11530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
Fluoroarenes are widely used in medicinal, agricultural, and materials chemistry, and yet their production remains a critical challenge in organic synthesis. Indeed, the nearly identical physical properties of these vital building blocks hinders their purification by traditional methods, such as flash chromatography or distillation. As a result, the Balz-Schiemann reaction is currently employed to prepare fluoroarenes instead of more atom-economical C-H fluorination reactions, which produce inseparable mixtures of regioisomers. Herein, we propose an alternative solution to this problem: the purification of mixtures of fluoroarenes using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Specifically, we demonstrate that controlling the interaction of fluoroarenes with adjacent coordinatively unsaturated Mg2+ centers within a MOF enables the separation of fluoroarene mixtures with unparalleled selectivities. Liquid-phase multicomponent equilibrium adsorption data and breakthrough measurements coupled with van der Waals-corrected density functional theory calculations reveal that the materials Mg2(dobdc) (dobdc4- = 2,5-dioxidobenzene-1,4-dicarboxylate) and Mg2(m-dobdc) (m-dobdc4- = 2,4-dioxidobenzene-1,5-dicarboxylate) are capable of separating the difluorobenzene isomers from one another. Additionally, these frameworks facilitate the separations of fluoroanisoles, fluorotoluenes, and fluorochlorobenzenes. In addition to enabling currently unfeasible separations for the production of fluoroarenes, our results suggest that carefully controlling the interaction of isomers with not one but two strong binding sites within a MOF provides a general strategy for achieving challenging liquid-phase separations.
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- Mary E Zick
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, United States
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- Computational Science Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, United States
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Peralta RA, Huxley MT, Evans JD, Fallon T, Cao H, He M, Zhao XS, Agnoli S, Sumby CJ, Doonan CJ. Highly Active Gas Phase Organometallic Catalysis Supported Within Metal-Organic Framework Pores. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:13533-13543. [PMID: 32650640 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can act as a platform for the heterogenization of molecular catalysts, providing improved stability, allowing easy catalyst recovery and a route toward structural elucidation of the active catalyst. We have developed a MOF, 1, possessing vacant N,N-chelating sites which are accessible via the porous channels that penetrate the structure. In the present work, cationic rhodium(I) norbornadiene (NBD) and bis(ethylene) (ETH) complexes paired with both noncoordinating and coordinating anions have been incorporated into the N,N-chelation sites of 1 via postsynthetic metalation and facile anion exchange. Exploiting the crystallinity of the host framework, the immobilized Rh(I) complexes were structurally characterized using X-ray crystallography. Ethylene hydrogenation catalysis by 1·[Rh(NBD)]X and 1·[Rh(ETH)2]X (X = Cl and BF4) was studied in the gas phase (2 bar, 46 °C) to reveal that 1·[Rh(ETH)2](BF4) was the most active catalyst (TOF = 64 h-1); the NBD materials and the chloride salt were notably less active. On the basis of these observations, the activity of the Rh(I) bis(ethylene) complexes, 1·[Rh(ETH)2]BF4 and 1·[Rh(ETH)2]Cl, in butene isomerization was also studied using gas-phase NMR spectroscopy. Under one bar of butene at 46 °C, 1·[Rh(ETH)2]BF4 rapidly catalyzes the conversion of 1-butene to 2-butene with a TOF averaging 2000 h-1 over five cycles. Notably, the chloride derivative, 1 [Rh(ETH)2]Cl displays negligible activity in comparison. XPS analysis of the postcatalysis sample, supported by DFT calculations, suggest that the catalytic activity is inhibited by the strong interactions between a Rh(III) allyl hydride intermediate and the chloride anion.
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- Ricardo A Peralta
- Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials and Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials and Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstraße 66, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials and Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- Institute of Materials for Energy and Environment, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, PR China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Institute of Materials for Energy and Environment, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, PR China.,School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia,Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials and Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials and Department of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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Boyd TM, Tegner BE, Tizzard GJ, Martínez‐Martínez AJ, Neale SE, Hayward MA, Coles SJ, Macgregor SA, Weller AS. A Structurally Characterized Cobalt(I) σ-Alkane Complex. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:6177-6181. [PMID: 31943626 PMCID: PMC7187152 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201914940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
A cobalt σ-alkane complex, [Co(Cy2 P(CH2 )4 PCy2 )(norbornane)][BArF 4 ], was synthesized by a single-crystal to single-crystal solid/gas hydrogenation from a norbornadiene precursor, and its structure was determined by X-ray crystallography. Magnetic data show this complex to be a triplet. Periodic DFT and electronic structure analyses revealed weak C-H→Co σ-interactions, augmented by dispersive stabilization between the alkane ligand and the anion microenvironment. The calculations are most consistent with a η1 :η1 -alkane binding mode.
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- Timothy M. Boyd
- Chemistry Research LaboratoriesDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of OxfordOxfordOX1 3TAUK
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of YorkYorkYO10 5DDUK
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- Institute of Chemical SciencesHeriot-Watt UniversityEdinburghEH14 4ASUK
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- UK National Crystallography ServiceChemistryFaculty of Engineering and Physical SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonSO17 1BJUK
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- Institute of Chemical SciencesHeriot-Watt UniversityEdinburghEH14 4ASUK
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- Chemistry Research LaboratoriesDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of OxfordOxfordOX1 3TAUK
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- UK National Crystallography ServiceChemistryFaculty of Engineering and Physical SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonSO17 1BJUK
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- Chemistry Research LaboratoriesDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of OxfordOxfordOX1 3TAUK
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of YorkYorkYO10 5DDUK
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