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Rinn N, Rojas-León I, Peerless B, Gowrisankar S, Ziese F, Rosemann NW, Pilgrim WC, Sanna S, Schreiner PR, Dehnen S. Adamantane-type clusters: compounds with a ubiquitous architecture but a wide variety of compositions and unexpected materials properties. Chem Sci 2024; 15:9438-9509. [PMID: 38939157 PMCID: PMC11206280 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc01136h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2024] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024] Open
Abstract
The research into adamantane-type compounds has gained momentum in recent years, yielding remarkable new applications for this class of materials. In particular, organic adamantane derivatives (AdR4) or inorganic adamantane-type compounds of the general formula [(RT)4E6] (R: organic substituent; T: group 14 atom C, Si, Ge, Sn; E: chalcogenide atom S, Se, Te, or CH2) were shown to exhibit strong nonlinear optical (NLO) properties, either second-harmonic generation (SHG) or an unprecedented type of highly-directed white-light generation (WLG) - depending on their respective crystalline or amorphous nature. The (missing) crystallinity, as well as the maximum wavelengths of the optical transitions, are controlled by the clusters' elemental composition and by the nature of the organic groups R. Very recently, it has been additionally shown that cluster cores with increased inhomogeneity, like the one in compounds [RSi{CH2Sn(E)R'}3], not only affect the chemical properties, such as increased robustness and reversible melting behaviour, but that such 'cluster glasses' form a conceptually new basis for their use in light conversion devices. These findings are likely only the tip of the iceberg, as beside elemental combinations including group 14 and group 16 elements, many more adamantane-type clusters (on the one hand) and related architectures representing extensions of adamantane-type clusters (on the other hand) are known, but have not yet been addressed in terms of their opto-electronic properties. In this review, we therefore present a survey of all known classes of adanmantane-type compounds and their respective synthetic access as well as their optical properties, if reported.
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Affiliation(s)
- Niklas Rinn
- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Herrmann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Herrmann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Herrmann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17 35392 Giessen Germany
- Center for Materials Research, Justus Liebig University Giessen Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17 35392 Giessen Germany
- Center for Materials Research, Justus Liebig University Giessen Germany
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- Light Technology Institute, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Engesserstr. 13 76131 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie and Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für Materialwissenschaften, Philipps University Marburg Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4 35043 Marburg Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17 35392 Giessen Germany
- Center for Materials Research, Justus Liebig University Giessen Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17 35392 Giessen Germany
- Center for Materials Research, Justus Liebig University Giessen Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Herrmann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Germany
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Duneş G, Chapple PM, Kahlal S, Roisnel T, Carpentier JF, Saillard JY, Sarazin Y. Barium phosphidoboranes and related calcium complexes. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:6892-6905. [PMID: 38567539 DOI: 10.1039/d4dt00487f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
Abstract
The attempted synthesis of [{Carb}BaPPh2] (1) showed this barium-phosphide and its thf adducts, 1·thf and 1·(thf)2, to be unstable in solution. Our strategy to circumvent the fragility of these compounds involved the use of phosphinoboranes HPPh2·BH3 and HPPh2·B(C6F5)3 instead of HPPh2. This allowed for the synthesis of [{Carb}Ae{PPh2·BH3}] (Ae = Ba, 2; Ca, 3), [{Carb}Ca{(H3B)2PPh2}·(thf)] (4), [{Carb}Ba{PPh2·B(C6F5)3}] (5), [{Carb}Ba{O(B(C6F5)3)CH2CH2CH2CH2PPh2}·thf] (6), [Ba{O(B(C6F5)3)CH2CH2CH2CH2PPh2}2·(thf)1.5] (7) and [Ba{PPh2·B(C6F5)3}2·(thp)2] (8) that were characterised by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy (thp = tetrahydropyran). The molecular structures of 4, 6 and 8 were validated by X-ray diffraction crystallography, which revealed the presence of Ba⋯F stabilizing interactions (ca. 9 kcal mol-1) in the fluorine-containing compounds. Compounds 6 and 7 were obtained upon ring-opening of thf by their respective precursors, 5 and the in situ prepared [Ba{PPh2·B(C6F5)3}2]n. By contrast, thp does not undergo ring-opening under the same conditions but affords clean formation of 8. DFT analysis did not highlight any specific weakness of the Ba-P bond in 1·(thf)2. The instability of this compound is instead thought to stem from the high energy of its HOMO, which contains the non-conjugated P lone pair and features significant nucleophilic reactivity.
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- Gabriel Duneş
- Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR-UMR 6226, 35000 Rennes, France.
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR-UMR 6226, 35000 Rennes, France.
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR-UMR 6226, 35000 Rennes, France.
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Vanga M, Diroll BT, Muñoz-Castro ÁR, Dias HVR. Filling the gap with a bulky diaryl boron group: fluorinated and non-fluorinated copper pyrazolates fitted with a dimesityl boron moiety on the backbone. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:16356-16363. [PMID: 37861654 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt03167e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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Successful synthesis has been reported of 4-Mes2B-3,5-(CF3)2PzH and 4-Mes2B-3,5-(CF3)2PzH bearing sterically demanding diarylboron moieties at the pyrazole ring 4-position, and their corresponding copper(I) pyrazolate complexes. They show visible blue photoluminescence in solution. The X-ray crystal structures revealed that the fluorinated {[4-BMes2-3,5-(CF3)2Pz]Cu}3 crystallizes as discrete trinuclear molecules whereas as the non-fluorinated {[4-BMes2-3,5-(CH3)2Pz]Cu}3 forms dimers of trimers with two close inter-trimer Cu⋯Cu separations. The solid {[4-BMes2-3,5-(CF3)2Pz]Cu}3 featuring a sterically confined Cu3N6 core displays bright blue phosphorescence while {[4-BMes2-3,5-(CH3)2Pz]Cu}3, which is a dimer of a trimer, is a red phosphor at room temperature. This work illustrates the modulation of photo-physical properties of metal pyrazolates by adjusting the supporting ligand steric features and introducing secondary diarylboron luminophores. Computational analysis of the structures and photophysical properties of copper complexes are also presented.
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- Mukundam Vanga
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA.
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.
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- Facultad de Ingeniería, Arquitectura y Diseño, Universidad San Sebastián, Bellavista 7, Santiago, 8420524, Chile.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA.
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Straiton A, McMullin CL, Kociok- Köhn G, Lyall CL, Parish JD, Johnson AL. Lithium, Tin(II), and Zinc Amino-Boryloxy Complexes: Synthesis and Characterization. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:2576-2591. [PMID: 36708353 PMCID: PMC9930121 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Analogous to the ubiquitous alkoxide ligand, metal boroxide and boryloxy complexes are an underexplored class of hard anionic O- ligand. A new series of amine-stabilized Li, Sn(II), and Zn boryloxy complexes, comprising electron-rich tetrahedral boron centers have been synthesized and characterized. All complexes have been characterized by one-dimensional (1D), two-dimensional (2D), and DOSY NMR, which are consistent with the solid-state structures unambiguously determined via single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Electron-rich μ2- (Sn and Zn) and μ3- (Li) boryloxy binding modes are observed. Compounds 6-9 are the first complexes of this class, with the chelating bis- and tris-phenol ligands providing a scaffold that can be easily functionalized and provides access to the boronic acid pro-ligand, hence allowing facile direct synthesis of the resulting compounds. Computational quantum chemical studies suggest a significant enhancement of the π-donor ability of the amine-stabilized boryloxy ligand because of electron donation from the amine functionality into the p-orbital of the boron atom.
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- Andrew
J. Straiton
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down BA2 7AY, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down BA2 7AY, U.K.
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- Material
and Chemical Characterisation Facility, University of Bath, Claverton
Down BA2 7AY, U.K.
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- Material
and Chemical Characterisation Facility, University of Bath, Claverton
Down BA2 7AY, U.K.
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- Infineum
UK Ltd., Milton Hill Business and Technology Centre, Abingdon OX13 6BB, Oxfordshire, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down BA2 7AY, U.K.,
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Kuciński K, Hreczycho G. Silicon-nitrogen bond formation via dealkynative coupling of amines with bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene mediated by KHMDS. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:11386-11389. [PMID: 36128699 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc04413g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The catalytic synthesis of silylamines mediated by s- and p-block catalysts is largely underdeveloped. Herein, commercially available potassium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide serves as an efficient alternative to transition metal complexes. N-H/Si-C dealkynative coupling was achieved by means of user-friendly main-group catalysis with ample substrate scope and high chemoselectivity.
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- Krzysztof Kuciński
- Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Ul. Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Ul. Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
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