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Zakrzewski J, Liberka M, Wang J, Chorazy S, Ohkoshi SI. Optical Phenomena in Molecule-Based Magnetic Materials. Chem Rev 2024; 124:5930-6050. [PMID: 38687182 PMCID: PMC11082909 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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Since the last century, we have witnessed the development of molecular magnetism which deals with magnetic materials based on molecular species, i.e., organic radicals and metal complexes. Among them, the broadest attention was devoted to molecule-based ferro-/ferrimagnets, spin transition materials, including those exploring electron transfer, molecular nanomagnets, such as single-molecule magnets (SMMs), molecular qubits, and stimuli-responsive magnetic materials. Their physical properties open the application horizons in sensors, data storage, spintronics, and quantum computation. It was found that various optical phenomena, such as thermochromism, photoswitching of magnetic and optical characteristics, luminescence, nonlinear optical and chiroptical effects, as well as optical responsivity to external stimuli, can be implemented into molecule-based magnetic materials. Moreover, the fruitful interactions of these optical effects with magnetism in molecule-based materials can provide new physical cross-effects and multifunctionality, enriching the applications in optical, electronic, and magnetic devices. This Review aims to show the scope of optical phenomena generated in molecule-based magnetic materials, including the recent advances in such areas as high-temperature photomagnetism, optical thermometry utilizing SMMs, optical addressability of molecular qubits, magneto-chiral dichroism, and opto-magneto-electric multifunctionality. These findings are discussed in the context of the types of optical phenomena accessible for various classes of molecule-based magnetic materials.
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- Jakub
J. Zakrzewski
- Faculty
of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
- Doctoral
School of Exact and Natural Sciences, Jagiellonian
University, Lojasiewicza
11, 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
- Doctoral
School of Exact and Natural Sciences, Jagiellonian
University, Lojasiewicza
11, 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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- Department
of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tonnodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Science, The University
of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Batov MS, Del Rosal I, Scopelliti R, Fadaei-Tirani F, Zivkovic I, Maron L, Mazzanti M. Multimetallic Uranium Nitride Cubane Clusters from Dinitrogen Cleavage. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:26435-26443. [PMID: 37991736 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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Dinitrogen cleavage provides an attractive but poorly studied route to the assembly of multimetallic nitride clusters. Here, we show that the monoelectron reduction of the dinitrogen complex [{U(OC6H2-But3-2,4,6)3}2(μ-η2:η2-N2)], 1, allows us to generate, for the first time, a uranium complex presenting a rare triply reduced N2 moiety ((μ-η2:η2-N2)•3-). Importantly, the bound dinitrogen can be further reduced, affording the U4N4 cubane cluster, 3, and the U6N6 edge-shared cubane cluster, 4, thus showing that (N2)•3- can be an intermediate in nitride formation. The tetranitride cluster showed high reactivity with electrophiles, yielding ammonia quantitatively upon acid addition and promoting CO cleavage to yield quantitative conversion of nitride into cyanide. These results show that dinitrogen reduction provides a versatile route for the assembly of large highly reactive nitride clusters, with U6N6 providing the first example of a molecular nitride of any metal formed from a complete cleavage of three N2 molecules.
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- Mikhail S Batov
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-Objets, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism, Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-Objets, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Liu K, Guo Y, Yu J, Shi W. Research Progress of Actinide Single Molecule Magnets. ACTA CHIMICA SINICA 2023. [DOI: 10.6023/a22110471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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Crystallographic and/or magnetic properties of neutral and cationic uranium(IV) sandwiched phthalocyanine complexes. J Mol Struct 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.134870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Dey S, Rajaraman G. Deciphering the Role of Symmetry and Ligand Field in Designing Three-Coordinate Uranium and Plutonium Single-Molecule Magnets. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:1831-1842. [PMID: 35025497 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Actinide single-molecule magnets (SMMs) have gained paramount interest in molecular magnetism as they offer a larger barrier height of magnetization (Ueff) reversal compared to the lanthanide analogue, thanks to their greater metal-ligand covalency. However, the reported actinide SMMs to date yield a relatively smaller Ueff as there is no established design principle to enhance Ueff values. To address this issue, we have employed ab initio CASSCF/CASPT2/NEVPT2 calculations to study a series of three-coordinate U3+ and Pu3+ SMMs. To begin with, we have studied two experimentally characterized U3+ ion-field-induced SMMs, namely, planar [U{N(SiMe2tBu)2}3] (1) and pyramidal [U{N(SiMe3)2}3] (2) complexes reported earlier. Both the complexes were found to stabilize mJ = |±1/2⟩ as the ground state with a very strong quantum tunneling of magnetization (QTM), rendering them unsuitable for SMMs. Our calculations reveal that in the pyramidal geometry (such as in 2), the energy of the 5f26d1 state is lowered compared to the planar geometry (as in 1), resulting in a slightly better SMM characteristic in the former. To unravel the effect of symmetry in magnetic properties, ab initio calculations were performed on two reported T-shaped complexes [U(NSiiPr2)2(I)] (3) and [U(NHAriPr6)2I] (4, AriPr6 = 2,6-(2,4,6-iPr3C6H2)2C6H3). Quite interestingly, mJ = |±9/2⟩ is found to be the ground state for both the complexes with a blocking barrier exceeding 900 cm-1. Furthermore, to decipher the effect of the transuranic element in magnetic anisotropy, ab initio calculations were extended to the Pu analogue of 2, [Pu{N(SiMe3)2}3] (5), which yields a record-breaking blocking barrier of ∼1933 cm-1. Among the three-coordinate geometries studied, the pyramidal geometry was found to offer substantial magnetic anisotropy for Pu3+ ions, while a T-shaped geometry is best suited for U3+ ions. While the chosen theoretical protocols' overestimation of barrier height cannot be avoided, these values are still several orders of magnitude larger than the Ueff values reported for any actinide SMMs and unveil a design principle for superior three-coordinate actinide-based SMMs.
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- Sourav Dey
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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Modder DK, Batov MS, Rajeshkumar T, Sienkiewicz A, Zivkovic I, Scopelliti R, Maron L, Mazzanti M. Assembling Diuranium Complexes in Different States of Charge with a Bridging Redox-Active Ligand. Chem Sci 2022; 13:11294-11303. [PMID: 36320571 PMCID: PMC9533398 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc03592h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Radical-bridged diuranium complexes are desirable for their potential high exchange coupling and single molecule magnet (SMM) behavior, but remain rare. Here we report for the first time radical-bridged diuranium(iv) and diuranium(iii) complexes. Reaction of [U{N(SiMe3)2}3] with 2,2′-bipyrimidine (bpym) resulted in the formation of the bpym-bridged diuranium(iv) complex [{((Me3Si)2N)3UIV}2(μ-bpym2−)], 1. Reduction with 1 equiv. KC8 reduces the complex, affording [K(2.2.2-cryptand)][{((Me3Si)2N)3U}2(μ-bpym)], 2, which is best described as a radical-bridged UIII–bpym˙−–UIII complex. Further reduction of 1 with 2 equiv. KC8, affords [K(2.2.2-cryptand)]2[{((Me3Si)2N)3UIII}2(μ-bpym2−)], 3. Addition of AgBPh4 to complex 1 resulted in the oxidation of the ligand, yielding the radical-bridged complex [{((Me3Si)2N)3UIV}2(μ-bpym˙−)][BPh4], 4. X-ray crystallography, electrochemistry, susceptibility data, EPR and DFT/CASSCF calculations are in line with their assignments. In complexes 2 and 4 the presence of the radical-bridge leads to slow magnetic relaxation. Convenient routes to dinuclear complexes of uranium where two uranium centers are bridged by the redox-active ligand bpym were identified resulting in unique and stable radical-bridged dimetallic complexes of U(iii) and U(iv) showing SMM behaviour.![]()
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- Dieuwertje K Modder
- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-objets, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées Cedex 4 31077 Toulouse France
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- Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism, Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
- ADSresonances Sàrl Route de Genève 60B 1028 Préverenges Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism, Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-objets, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées Cedex 4 31077 Toulouse France
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Functionalized Tris(anilido)triazacyclononanes as Hexadentate Ligands for the Encapsulation of U(III), U(IV) and La(III) Cations. INORGANICS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/inorganics9120086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Tripodal multidentate ligands have become increasingly popular in f-element chemistry for stabilizing unusual bonding motifs and supporting small molecule activation processes. The steric and electronic effects of ligand donor atom substituents have proved crucial in both of these applications. In this study we functionalized the previously reported tris-anilide ligand {tacn(SiMe2NPh)3} (tacn = 1,3,7-triazacyclononane) to incorporate substituted aromatic rings, with the aim of modifying f-element complex solubility and ligand steric effects. We report the synthesis of two proligands, {tacn(SiMe2NHAr)3} (Ar = C6H3Me2-3,5 or C6H4Me-4), and their respective group 1 transfer agents—{tacn(SiMe2NKAr)3}, M(III) complexes [M{tacn(SiMe2NAr)3}] for M = La and U, and U(IV) complexes [M{tacn(SiMe2NAr)3}(Cl)]. These compounds were characterized by multinuclear NMR and FTIR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The paramagnetic uranium complexes were also characterized by solid state magnetic measurements and UV/Vis/NIR spectroscopy. U(III) complexes were additionally studied by EPR spectroscopy. The solid state structures of all f-block complexes were authenticated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD), together with a minor byproduct [U{tacn(SiMe2NC6H4Me-4)3}(I)]. Comparisons of the characterization data of our f-element complexes with similar literature examples containing the {tacn(SiMe2NPh)3} ligand set showed minor changes in physicochemical properties resulting from the different aromatic ring substitution patterns we investigated.
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Modder DK, Palumbo CT, Douair I, Scopelliti R, Maron L, Mazzanti M. Single metal four-electron reduction by U(ii) and masked "U(ii)" compounds. Chem Sci 2021; 12:6153-6158. [PMID: 33996013 PMCID: PMC8098655 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc00668a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The redox chemistry of uranium is dominated by single electron transfer reactions while single metal four-electron transfers remain unknown in f-element chemistry. Here we show that the oxo bridged diuranium(iii) complex [K(2.2.2-cryptand)]2[{((Me3Si)2N)3U}2(μ-O)], 1, effects the two-electron reduction of diphenylacetylene and the four-electron reduction of azobenzene through a masked U(ii) intermediate affording a stable metallacyclopropene complex of uranium(iv), [K(2.2.2-cryptand)][U(η 2-C2Ph2){N(SiMe3)2}3], 3, and a bis(imido)uranium(vi) complex [K(2.2.2-cryptand)][U(NPh)2{N(SiMe3)2}3], 4, respectively. The same reactivity is observed for the previously reported U(ii) complex [K(2.2.2-cryptand)][U{N(SiMe3)2}3], 2. Computational studies indicate that the four-electron reduction of azobenzene occurs at a single U(ii) centre via two consecutive two-electron transfers and involves the formation of a U(iv) hydrazide intermediate. The isolation of the cis-hydrazide intermediate [K(2.2.2-cryptand)][U(N2Ph2){N(SiMe3)2}3], 5, corroborated the mechanism proposed for the formation of the U(vi) bis(imido) complex. The reduction of azobenzene by U(ii) provided the first example of a "clear-cut" single metal four-electron transfer in f-element chemistry.
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- Dieuwertje K Modder
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- LPCNO, Université de Toulouse, INSA Toulouse Toulouse 31077 France
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- LPCNO, Université de Toulouse, INSA Toulouse Toulouse 31077 France
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Rabelo R, Toma L, Moliner N, Julve M, Lloret F, Pasán J, Ruiz-Pérez C, Ruiz-García R, Cano J. Electroswitching of the single-molecule magnet behaviour in an octahedral spin crossover cobalt(ii) complex with a redox-active pyridinediimine ligand. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:12242-12245. [PMID: 32926022 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc03357j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Thermal-assisted spin crossover and field-induced slow magnetic relaxation coexist in the solid state for the mononuclear cobalt(ii) complex with the non-innocent 2,6-bis(N-4-methoxyphenylformimidoyl)pyridine ligand. One-electron oxidation of the paramagnetic low-spin CoII ion (SCo = 1/2) to the diamagnetic low-spin CoIII ion (SCo = 0) leads to the electroswitching of the slow magnetic relaxation in acetonitrile solution.
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- Renato Rabelo
- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universitat de València, 46980 Paterna, València, Spain.
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Feng R, Glendening ED, Peterson KA. Coupled Cluster Study of the Interactions of AnO 2, AnO 2+, and AnO 22+ (An = U, Np) with N 2 and CO. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:4753-4763. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Rulin Feng
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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Escalera-Moreno L, Baldoví JJ, Gaita-Ariño A, Coronado E. Design of high-temperature f-block molecular nanomagnets through the control of vibration-induced spin relaxation. Chem Sci 2020; 11:1593-1598. [PMID: 32153756 PMCID: PMC7025469 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc03133b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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One of the main roadblocks that still hamper the practical use of molecular nanomagnets is their cryogenic working temperature. In the pursuit of rational strategies to design new molecular nanomagnets with increasing blocking temperature, ab initio methodologies play an important role by guiding synthetic efforts at the lab stage. Nevertheless, when evaluating vibration-induced spin relaxation, these methodologies are still far from being computationally fast enough to provide a useful predictive framework. Herein, we present an inexpensive first-principles method devoted to evaluating vibration-induced spin relaxation in molecular f-block single-ion magnets, with the important advantage of requiring only one CASSCF calculation. The method is illustrated using two case studies based on uranium as the magnetic centre. Finally, we propose chemical modifications in the ligand environment with the aim of suppressing spin relaxation.
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- Luis Escalera-Moreno
- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) , Universitat de València , c/ Catedrático José Beltrán 2 , Paterna , 46980 , Spain .
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) , Universitat de València , c/ Catedrático José Beltrán 2 , Paterna , 46980 , Spain .
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) , Universitat de València , c/ Catedrático José Beltrán 2 , Paterna , 46980 , Spain .
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) , Universitat de València , c/ Catedrático José Beltrán 2 , Paterna , 46980 , Spain .
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Pedersen KS, Meihaus KR, Rogalev A, Wilhelm F, Aravena D, Amoza M, Ruiz E, Long JR, Bendix J, Clérac R. [UF
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: A Molecular Hexafluorido Actinide(IV) Complex with Compensating Spin and Orbital Magnetic Moments. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201905056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Kasper S. Pedersen
- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, UMR 5031 33600 Pessac France
- Department of Chemistry Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- ESRF–The European Synchrotron, 71, Avenue des Martyrs 38000 Grenoble Cedex 9 France
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- ESRF–The European Synchrotron, 71, Avenue des Martyrs 38000 Grenoble Cedex 9 France
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales Facultad de Química y Biología Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) Casilla 40, Correo 33 Santiago Chile
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica and Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional Universitat de Barcelona Diagonal 645 08028 Barcelona Spain
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica and Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional Universitat de Barcelona Diagonal 645 08028 Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Materials Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of California Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Copenhagen 2100 Copenhagen Denmark
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, UMR 5031 33600 Pessac France
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Escalera-Moreno L, Baldoví JJ, Gaita-Ariño A, Coronado E. Exploring the High-Temperature Frontier in Molecular Nanomagnets: From Lanthanides to Actinides. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:11883-11892. [PMID: 31490061 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Molecular nanomagnets based on mononuclear metal complexes, also known as single-ion magnets (SIMs), are crossing challenging boundaries in molecular magnetism. From an experimental point of view, this class of magnetic molecules has expanded from lanthanoid complexes to both d-transition metal and actinoid complexes. From a theoretical point of view, more and more improved models have been developed, and we are now able not only to calculate the electronic structure of these systems on the basis of their molecular structures but also to unveil the role of vibrations in the magnetic relaxation processes, at least for lanthanoid and d-transition metal SIMs. This knowledge has allowed us to optimize the behavior of dysprosocenium-based SIMs until reaching magnetic hysteresis above liquid-nitrogen temperature. In this contribution, we offer a brief perspective of the progress of theoretical modeling in this field. We start by reviewing the developed methodologies to investigate the electronic structures of these systems and then move on focus to the open problem of understanding and optimizing the vibrationally induced spin relaxation, especially in uranium-based molecular nanomagnets. Finally, we discuss the differences in the design strategies for 4f and 5f SIMs, including an analysis of the metallocenium family.
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- Luis Escalera-Moreno
- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) , Universidad de Valencia , C/Catedrático José Beltrán 2 , E-46980 Paterna , Spain
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter , Luruper Chaussee 149 , D-22761 Hamburg , Germany
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) , Universidad de Valencia , C/Catedrático José Beltrán 2 , E-46980 Paterna , Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol) , Universidad de Valencia , C/Catedrático José Beltrán 2 , E-46980 Paterna , Spain
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Pedersen KS, Meihaus KR, Rogalev A, Wilhelm F, Aravena D, Amoza M, Ruiz E, Long JR, Bendix J, Clérac R. [UF 6 ] 2- : A Molecular Hexafluorido Actinide(IV) Complex with Compensating Spin and Orbital Magnetic Moments. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:15650-15654. [PMID: 31290580 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201905056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Revised: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The first structurally characterized hexafluorido complex of a tetravalent actinide ion, the [UF6 ]2- anion, is reported in the (NEt4 )2 [UF6 ]⋅2 H2 O salt (1). The weak magnetic response of 1 results from both UIV spin and orbital contributions, as established by combining X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) spectroscopy and bulk magnetization measurements. The spin and orbital moments are virtually identical in magnitude, but opposite in sign, resulting in an almost perfect cancellation, which is corroborated by ab initio calculations. This work constitutes the first experimental demonstration of a seemingly non-magnetic molecular actinide complex carrying sizable spin and orbital magnetic moments.
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- Kasper S Pedersen
- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, UMR 5031, 33600, Pessac, France.,Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs., Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- ESRF-The European Synchrotron, 71, Avenue des Martyrs, 38000, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- ESRF-The European Synchrotron, 71, Avenue des Martyrs, 38000, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Casilla 40, Correo 33, Santiago, Chile
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica and Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica and Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.,Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, UMR 5031, 33600, Pessac, France
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Over the past 25 years, magnetic actinide complexes have been the object of considerable attention, not only at the experimental level, but also at the theoretical one. Such systems are of great interest, owing to the well-known larger spin–orbit coupling for actinide ions, and could exhibit slow relaxation of the magnetization, arising from a large anisotropy barrier, and magnetic hysteresis of purely molecular origin below a given blocking temperature. Furthermore, more diffuse 5f orbitals than lanthanide 4f ones (more covalency) could lead to stronger magnetic super-exchange. On the other hand, the extraordinary experimental challenges of actinide complexes chemistry, because of their rarity and toxicity, afford computational chemistry a particularly valuable role. However, for such a purpose, the use of a multiconfigurational post-Hartree-Fock approach is required, but such an approach is computationally demanding for polymetallic systems—notably for actinide ones—and usually simplified models are considered instead of the actual systems. Thus, Density Functional Theory (DFT) appears as an alternative tool to compute magnetic exchange coupling and to explore the electronic structure and magnetic properties of actinide-containing molecules, especially when the considered systems are very large. In this paper, relevant achievements regarding DFT investigations of the magnetic properties of actinide complexes are surveyed, with particular emphasis on some representative examples that illustrate the subject, including actinides in Single Molecular Magnets (SMMs) and systems featuring metal-metal super-exchange coupling interactions. Examples are drawn from studies that are either entirely computational or are combined experimental/computational investigations in which the latter play a significant role.
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Coutinho JT, Perfetti M, Baldoví JJ, Antunes MA, Hallmen PP, Bamberger H, Crassee I, Orlita M, Almeida M, van Slageren J, Pereira LCJ. Spectroscopic Determination of the Electronic Structure of a Uranium Single-Ion Magnet. Chemistry 2019; 25:1758-1766. [PMID: 30403293 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201805090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Early actinide ions have large spin-orbit couplings and crystal field interactions, leading to large anisotropies. The success in using actinides as single-molecule magnets has so far been modest, underlining the need for rational strategies. Indeed, the electronic structure of actinide single-molecule magnets and its relation to their magnetic properties remains largely unexplored. A uranium(III) single-molecule magnet, [UIII {SiMe2 NPh}3 -tacn)(OPPh3 )] (tacn=1,4,7-triazacyclononane), has been investigated by means of a combination of magnetic, spectroscopic and theoretical methods to elucidate the origin of its static and dynamic magnetic properties.
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- Joana T Coutinho
- Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada Nacional 10, 2695-066, Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.,Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada Nacional 10, 2695-066, Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses, CNRS-UGA-UPS-INSA-EMFL, 25 Avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses, CNRS-UGA-UPS-INSA-EMFL, 25 Avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble, France.,Institute of Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 12116, Praha 2, Czech Republic
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- Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada Nacional 10, 2695-066, Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada Nacional 10, 2695-066, Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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Dey A, Kalita P, Chandrasekhar V. Lanthanide(III)-Based Single-Ion Magnets. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:9462-9475. [PMID: 31459081 PMCID: PMC6644820 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Mononuclear lanthanide-based single-ion magnets (SIMs) are known since 2003 with the discovery of SIM properties in a bis-(phthalocyaninato)lanthanide complex. A recent report on [Dy(Cpttt)2][BC6F5] indicating that it exhibits the highest known blocking temperature (60 K) has spurred fresh interest in this area. In this article, we discuss about the various requirements of lanthanide-based SIMs along with representative examples. Specifically, we describe the complexes whose coordination numbers vary from 2 to 8. We also discuss the representative examples of organometallic lanthanide complexes that can function as molecular magnets.
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- Atanu Dey
- Tata
Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500107, India
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- School
of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and
Research, HBNI, Bhubaneswar 752050, India
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- Tata
Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500107, India
- Department
of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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Maria L, Santos IC, Santos I. Uranium(iii) complexes supported by hydrobis(mercaptoimidazolyl)borates: synthesis and oxidation chemistry. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:10601-10612. [PMID: 29790539 DOI: 10.1039/c8dt01149d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The reaction of [UI3(thf)4] with the sodium or lithium salts of hydrobis(2-mercapto-1-methylimidazolyl)borate ligands ([H(R)B(timMe)2]-) in a 1 : 2 ratio, in tetrahydrofuran, gave the U(iii) complexes [UI{κ3-H,S,S'-H(R)B(timMe)2}2(thf)2] (R = H (1), Ph (2)) in good yields. Crystals of [UI{κ3-H,S,S'-H(Ph)B(timMe)2}2(thf)2] (2) were obtained by recrystallization from a tetrahydrofuran/acetonitrile solution, and the ion-separated uranium complex [U{κ3-H,S,S'-H(Ph)B(timMe)2}2(CH3CN)3][I] (3-I) was obtained by dissolution of 2 in acetonitrile followed by recrystallization. One-electron oxidation of 2 with AgBPh4 or I2 resulted in the formation of the cationic U(iv) complexes [U{κ3-H,S,S'-H(Ph)B(timMe)2}3][X] (X = BPh4 (6-BPh4), I (6-I)), due to a ligand redistribution process. These complexes are the first examples of homoleptic poly(azolyl)borate U(iv) complexes. Treatment of complex 2 with azobenzene led to the isolation of crystals of the U(iv) compound [UI{κ3-H(Ph)B(timMe)2}2(κ2-timMe)] (7). Treatment of 2 with pyridine-N oxide (pyNO) led to the formation of the uranyl complex [UO2{κ2-S,S'-H(Ph)B(timMe)2}2] (8) and of complex 6-I, while from the reaction of [U{κ3-H(Ph)B(timMe)2}2(thf)3][BPh4] (5) with pyNO, the oxo-bridged U(iv) complex [{U{κ3-H(Ph)B(timMe)2}2(pyNO)}2(μ-O)][BPh4]2 (9) was also obtained. In the U(iii) and U(iv) complexes, the bis(azolyl)borate ligands bind to the uranium center in a κ3-H,S,S' coordination mode, while in the U(vi) complex the ligands bind to the metal in a κ2-S,S' mode. The presence of UH-B interactions in the solid-state, for the nine-coordinate complexes 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 and for the eight-coordinate complex 9, was supported by IR spectroscopy and/or X-ray diffraction analysis.
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- Leonor Maria
- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada Nacional 10, 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal.
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Ringgold M, Rehe D, Hrobárik P, Kornienko AY, Emge TJ, Brennan JG. Thorium Cubanes–Synthesis, Solid-State and Solution Structures, Thermolysis, and Chalcogen Exchange Reactions. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:7129-7141. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Marissa Ringgold
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, SK-84215 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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Tsantis ST, Zagoraiou E, Savvidou A, Raptopoulou CP, Psycharis V, Szyrwiel L, Hołyńska M, Perlepes SP. Binding of oxime group to uranyl ion. Dalton Trans 2018; 45:9307-19. [PMID: 27184620 DOI: 10.1039/c6dt01293k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Currently, the leading approach for extraction of uranium from seawater is selective sorption of UO2(2+) ions onto a poly(acrylamidoxime) fiber. Amidoxime functional groups are the most studied extractant moieties for this application, but are not perfectly selective, and understanding how these groups (and more generally the oxime groups) interact with UO2(2+) and competing ions in seawater is an important step in designing better extractants. We have started a new research programme aiming at in-depth studies of the uranyl-oxime/amidoxime interactions and we report here our first results which cover aspects of the coordination chemistry of 2-pyridyl ketoximes towards UO2(2+). Detailed synthetic investigations of various UO2(2+)/mepaoH and UO2(2+)/phpaoH reaction systems (mepaoH is methyl 2-pyridyl ketoxime and phpaoH is phenyl 2-pyridyl ketoxime) have provided access to the complexes [UO2(mepao)2(MeOH)2]{[UO2(NO3)(mepao)(MeOH)2]}2 (), [UO2(mepao)2(MeOH)2] (), [(UO2)2(O2)(O2CMe)2(mepaoH)2] () and [UO2(phpao)2(MeOH)2] (). The peroxido group in , which was isolated without the addition of external peroxide sources, probably arises from a bis(aquo)- and/or bis(hydroxido)-bridged diuranyl precursor in solution followed by photochemical oxidation of the bridging groups. The U(VI) atom in the [UO2(NO3)(mepao)(MeOH)2] molecules of () is surrounded by one nitrogen and seven oxygen atoms in a very distorted hexagonal bipyramidal geometry; two oxygen atoms from the terminal MeOH ligands, two oxygen atoms from the bidentate chelating nitrato group, and the oxygen and nitrogen atoms from the η(2) oximate group of the 1.110 (Harris notation) mepao(-) ligand define the equatorial plane. This plane consists of two terminal MeOH ligands and two η(2) oximate groups in the [UO2(mepao)2(MeOH)2] molecule () of . The structure of the [UO2(mepao)2(MeOH)2] molecule that is present in is very similar to the structure of the corresponding molecule in . The structure of the dinuclear molecule that is present in consists of two {UO2(O2CMe)(mepaoH)}(+) units bridged by a η(2):η(2):μ O2(2-) group. The equatorial plane of each uranyl site is composed of the pyridyl and oxime nitrogen atoms of a 1.011 mepaoH ligand, the oxygen atoms of an almost symmetrically coordinated bidentate chelating MeCO2(-) group and the two oxygen atoms of the peroxido groups. The core molecular structure of is similar to that of , the only difference being the presence of 1.110 phpao(-) ligands in the former instead of mepao(-) groups in the latter. The free pyridyl nitrogen atoms of mepao(-) and phpao(-) ligands of , and are acceptors of intramolecular H bonds from the ligated MeOH oxygen atoms. H-bonding and π-π stacking interactions build interesting supramolecular networks in the crystal structures of the four complexes. Compounds are the first structurally characterized uranyl complexes with 2-pyridyl aldoximes or ketoximes as ligands. IR data are discussed in terms of the coordination modes of the ligands in the complexes. (1)H NMR data in DMSO-d6 suggest that the complexes decompose in solution. The ESI(-) MS spectrum of dissolved in the NH4(O2CMe) buffer is indicative of the presence of [UO2(O2CMe)3](-), [UO2(O2CMe)2(phpao)](-), [UO2(O2CMe)(phpao)2](-) and [UO2(phpao)3](-) species. A common structural motif of the complexes containing the anionic mepao(-) (, ) and phpao(-) () ligands is that the deprotonated oximate group prefers to bind in the η(2) fashion forming a 3-membered chelating ring in spite of the presence of a pyridyl nitrogen atom, whose coordination would be expected to lead to 5- or 6-membered chelating rings.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.
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- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, NCSR "Demokritos", 153 10 Aghia Paraskevi Attikis, Greece
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- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, NCSR "Demokritos", 153 10 Aghia Paraskevi Attikis, Greece
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- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, NCSR "Demokritos", 153 10 Aghia Paraskevi Attikis, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry of Drugs, Wroclaw Medical University, ul. Borowska 211, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Fachbereich Chemie and Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für Materialwissenschaften, Philips-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, D-35043 Marburg, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece. and Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH/ICE-HT), Platani, P.O. Box 1414, 26504 Patras, Greece
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Gardner BM, Kefalidis CE, Lu E, Patel D, McInnes EJL, Tuna F, Wooles AJ, Maron L, Liddle ST. Evidence for single metal two electron oxidative addition and reductive elimination at uranium. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1898. [PMID: 29196691 PMCID: PMC5711956 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01363-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Reversible single-metal two-electron oxidative addition and reductive elimination are common fundamental reactions for transition metals that underpin major catalytic transformations. However, these reactions have never been observed together in the f-block because these metals exhibit irreversible one- or multi-electron oxidation or reduction reactions. Here we report that azobenzene oxidises sterically and electronically unsaturated uranium(III) complexes to afford a uranium(V)-imido complex in a reaction that satisfies all criteria of a single-metal two-electron oxidative addition. Thermolysis of this complex promotes extrusion of azobenzene, where H-/D-isotopic labelling finds no isotopomer cross-over and the non-reactivity of a nitrene-trap suggests that nitrenes are not generated and thus a reductive elimination has occurred. Though not optimally balanced in this case, this work presents evidence that classical d-block redox chemistry can be performed reversibly by f-block metals, and that uranium can thus mimic elementary transition metal reactivity, which may lead to the discovery of new f-block catalysis. The reactivity of f-block complexes is primarily defined by single-electron oxidations and σ-bond metathesis. Here, Liddle and co-workers provide evidence that a uranium complex can undergo reversible oxidative addition and reductive elimination, demonstrating transition metal-like reactivity within f-block chemistry.
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- Benedict M Gardner
- School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- LPCNO, CNRS & INSA, Université Paul Sabatier, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, Toulouse, 31077, France
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- EPSRC National UK EPR Facility, School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- EPSRC National UK EPR Facility, School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- LPCNO, CNRS & INSA, Université Paul Sabatier, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, Toulouse, 31077, France.
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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McAdams SG, Ariciu AM, Kostopoulos AK, Walsh JP, Tuna F. Molecular single-ion magnets based on lanthanides and actinides: Design considerations and new advances in the context of quantum technologies. Coord Chem Rev 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hohloch S, Pankhurst JR, Jaekel EE, Parker BF, Lussier DJ, Garner ME, Booth CH, Love JB, Arnold J. Benzoquinonoid-bridged dinuclear actinide complexes. Dalton Trans 2017; 46:11615-11625. [PMID: 28831470 DOI: 10.1039/c7dt02728a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report the coordination chemistry of benzoquinonoid-bridged dinluclear thorium(iv) and uranium(iv) complexes with the tripodal ligand tris[2-amido(2-pyridyl)ethyl]amine ligand,L.
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- Stephan Hohloch
- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
- Chemical Sciences Division
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
- Chemical Sciences Division
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
- Chemical Sciences Division
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
- Chemical Sciences Division
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
- Chemical Sciences Division
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- Chemical Sciences Division
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Berkeley
- USA
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry
- The University of Edinburgh
- Edinburgh
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
- Chemical Sciences Division
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Solis-Céspedes E, Páez-Hernández D. Modeling the electronic states and magnetic properties derived from the f1 configuration in lanthanocene and actinocene compounds. Dalton Trans 2017; 46:4834-4843. [DOI: 10.1039/c7dt00111h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The electronic structure and magnetic properties of a series of Kramers ions with f1 configuration in axial symmetry have been analyzed with a combination of theoretical methods: ab initio relativistic wavefunction methods as well as a crystal-field (CF) model with parameters extracted from the ab initio calculations.
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- Eduardo Solis-Céspedes
- Centro de Nanociencias Aplicadas
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
- Universidad Andres Bello
- Santiago
- Chile
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- Centro de Nanociencias Aplicadas
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
- Universidad Andres Bello
- Santiago
- Chile
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Kiernicki JJ, Higgins RF, Kraft SJ, Zeller M, Shores MP, Bart SC. Elucidating the Mechanism of Uranium Mediated Diazene N═N Bond Cleavage. Inorg Chem 2016; 55:11854-11866. [PMID: 27805393 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Investigation into the reactivity of reduced uranium species toward diazenes has revealed key intermediates in the four-electron cleavage of azobenzene. Trivalent Tp*2U(CH2Ph) (1a) (Tp* = hydrotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borate) and Tp*2U(2,2'-bpy) (1b) both perform the two-electron reduction of diazenes affording η2-hydrazido complexes Tp*2U(AzBz) (2-AzBz) (AzBz = azobenzene) and Tp*2U(BCC) (2-BCC) (BCC = benzo[c]cinnoline) in contrast to precursors of the bis(Cp*) (Cp* = 1,2,3,4,5-pentamethylcyclopentadienide) ligand framework. The four-electron cleavage of diazenes to give trans-bis(imido) species was possible by using Cp*U(MesPDIMe)(THF) (3) (MesPDIMe = 2,6-((Mes)N═CMe)2-C5H3N, Mes = 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl), which is supported by a highly reduced trianionic chelate that undergoes electron transfer. This proceeds via concerted addition at a single uranium center supported by both a crossover experiment and through addition of an asymmetrically substituted diazene, Ph-N═N-Tol. Further investigation of 3 and its substituted analogue, Cp*U(tBu-MesPDIMe)(THF) (3-tBu) (tBu-MesPDIMe = 2,6-((Mes)N═CMe)2-p-C(CH3)3-C5H2N), with benzo[c]cinnoline, revealed that the four-electron cleavage occurs first by a single electron reduction of the diazene with the redox chemistry performed solely at the redox-active pyridine(diimine) to form dimeric [Cp*U(BCC)(MesHPDIMe)]2 (5) and Cp*U(BCC)(tBu-MesPDIMe) (6). While a transient pyridine(diimine) triplet diradical in the formation of 5 results in H atom abstraction and p-pyridine coupling, the tert-butyl moiety in 6 allows for electronic rearrangement to occur, precluding deleterious pyridine-radical coupling. The monomeric analogue of 5, Cp*U(BCC)(MesPDIMe) (7), was synthesized via salt metathesis from Cp*UI(MesPDIMe) (3-I). All complexes have been characterized by 1H NMR and electronic absorption spectroscopies, X-ray diffraction, and, where pertinent, EPR spectroscopy. Further, the electronic structures of 3-I, 5, and 7 have been investigated by SQUID magnetometry.
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- John J Kiernicki
- H.C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- H.C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, United States
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- H.C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- H.C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, United States
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Gaita-Ariño A, Prima-García H, Cardona-Serra S, Escalera-Moreno L, Rosaleny LE, Baldoví JJ. Coherence and organisation in lanthanoid complexes: from single ion magnets to spin qubits. Inorg Chem Front 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5qi00296f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Molecular magnetism is reaching a degree of development that will allow for the rational design of sophisticated systems.
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol)
- Universidad de Valencia
- 46980 Paterna
- Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol)
- Universidad de Valencia
- 46980 Paterna
- Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol)
- Universidad de Valencia
- 46980 Paterna
- Spain
- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay
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