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Cao CS, Zhao J, Hu HS, Schwarz WHE, Li J. Polyvalent s-block elements: A missing link challenges the periodic law of chemistry for the heavy elements. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2303989120. [PMID: 37856546 PMCID: PMC10614932 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2303989120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
Abstract
The Periodic Law of Chemistry is one of the great discoveries in cultural history. Elements behaving chemically similar are empirically merged in groups G of a Periodic Table, each element with G valence electrons per neutral atom, and with upper limit G for the oxidation and valence numbers. Here, we report that among the usually mono- or di-valent s-block elements (G = 1 or 2), the heaviest members (87Fr, 88Ra, 119E, and 120E) with atomic numbers Z = 87, 88, 119, 120 form unusual 5- or 6-valent compounds at ambient conditions. Together with well-reported basic changes of valence at the end of the 6d-series, in the whole 7p-series, and for 5g6f-elements, it indicates that at the bottom of common Periodic Tables, the classic Periodic Law is not as straightforward as commonly expected. Specifically, we predict the feasible experimental synthesis of polyvalent [RaL-n] (n = 4, 6) compounds.
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- Chang-Su Cao
- Theoretical Chemistry Center, Department of Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare-Earth Materials of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
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- Theoretical Chemistry Center, Department of Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare-Earth Materials of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
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- Theoretical Chemistry Center, Department of Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare-Earth Materials of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
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- Theoretical Chemistry Center, Department of Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare-Earth Materials of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Lab, Department of Chemistry and Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Siegen, Siegen 57068, Germany
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- Theoretical Chemistry Center, Department of Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare-Earth Materials of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen518055, China
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Keil H, Sonnenberg K, Müller C, Herbst‐Irmer R, Beckers H, Riedel S, Stalke D. Insights into the Topology and the Formation of a Genuine ppσ Bond: Experimental and Computed Electron Densities in Monoanionic Trichlorine [Cl 3 ] . Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:2569-2573. [PMID: 33151006 PMCID: PMC7898528 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202013727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
So far, several publications have discussed the bonding concepts in polyhalides on a theoretical basis. In particular, the trichlorine monoanion is of great interest because its structure should be symmetrical and show two equidistant Cl-Cl bonds. However, apart from matrix-isolation studies, only asymmetric trichlorine anions have been reported so far. Herein, the trichlorine monoanions in 2-chloroethyltrimethylammonium trichloride [NMe3 EtCl][Cl3 ], 1, tetramethylammonium trichloride [NMe4 ][Cl3 ], 2, and tetrapropylammonium trichloride [NnPr4 ][Cl3 ], 3, are analysed. High-resolution X-ray structures and experimental charge density analyses supported by periodic quantum-chemical calculations provide insight into the influence of the crystalline environment on the structure of these [Cl3 ]- anions as well as into the progress of the bond formation between a dichlorine molecule and a Cl- anion.
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- Helena Keil
- Georg-August-Universität GöttingenInstitut für Anorganische ChemieTammannstrasse 437077GöttingenGermany
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- Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, PharmazieInstitut für Chemie und Biochemie—Anorganische ChemieFabeckstrasse 34–3614195BerlinGermany
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- Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, PharmazieInstitut für Chemie und Biochemie—Anorganische ChemieFabeckstrasse 34–3614195BerlinGermany
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- Georg-August-Universität GöttingenInstitut für Anorganische ChemieTammannstrasse 437077GöttingenGermany
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- Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, PharmazieInstitut für Chemie und Biochemie—Anorganische ChemieFabeckstrasse 34–3614195BerlinGermany
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- Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, PharmazieInstitut für Chemie und Biochemie—Anorganische ChemieFabeckstrasse 34–3614195BerlinGermany
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- Georg-August-Universität GöttingenInstitut für Anorganische ChemieTammannstrasse 437077GöttingenGermany
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Gully TA, Voßnacker P, Schmid JR, Beckers H, Riedel S. Conductivity and Redox Potentials of Ionic Liquid Trihalogen Monoanions [X 3 ] - , [XY 2 ] - , and [BrF 4 ] - (X=Cl, Br, I and Y=Cl, Br). ChemistryOpen 2021; 10:255-264. [PMID: 33507623 PMCID: PMC7874256 DOI: 10.1002/open.202000263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Revised: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The ionic liquid (IL) trihalogen monoanions [N2221 ][X3 ]- and [N2221 ][XY2 ]- ([N2221 ]+ =triethylmethylammonium, X=Cl, Br, I, Y=Cl, Br) were investigated electrochemically via temperature dependent conductance and cyclic voltammetry (CV) measurements. The polyhalogen monoanions were measured both as neat salts and as double salts in 1-butyl-1-methyl-pyrrolidinium trifluoromethane-sulfonate ([BMP][OTf], [X3 ]- /[XY2 ]- 0.5 M). Lighter IL trihalogen monoanions displayed higher conductivities than their heavier homologues, with [Cl3 ]- being 1.1 and 3.7 times greater than [Br3 ]- and [I3 ]- , respectively. The addition of [BMP][OTf] reduced the conductivity significantly. Within the group of polyhalogen monoanions, the oxidation potential develops in the series [Cl3 ]- >[BrCl2 ]- >[Br3 ]- >[IBr2 ]- >[ICl2 ]- >[I3 ]- . The redox potential of the interhalogen monoanions was found to be primarily determined by the central halogen, I in [ICl2 ]- and [IBr2 ]- , and Br in [BrCl2 ]- . Additionally, tetrafluorobromate(III) ([N2221 ]+ [BrF4 ]- ) was analyzed via CV in MeCN at 0 °C, yielding a single reversible redox process ([BrF2 ]- /[BrF4 ]- ).
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- Tyler A. Gully
- Freie Universität BerlinFachbereich Biologie, Chemie, PharmazieInstitut für Chemie und Biochemie – Anorganische ChemieFabeckstr. 34/3614195BerlinGermany
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- Freie Universität BerlinFachbereich Biologie, Chemie, PharmazieInstitut für Chemie und Biochemie – Anorganische ChemieFabeckstr. 34/3614195BerlinGermany
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- Freie Universität BerlinFachbereich Biologie, Chemie, PharmazieInstitut für Chemie und Biochemie – Anorganische ChemieFabeckstr. 34/3614195BerlinGermany
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- Freie Universität BerlinFachbereich Biologie, Chemie, PharmazieInstitut für Chemie und Biochemie – Anorganische ChemieFabeckstr. 34/3614195BerlinGermany
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- Freie Universität BerlinFachbereich Biologie, Chemie, PharmazieInstitut für Chemie und Biochemie – Anorganische ChemieFabeckstr. 34/3614195BerlinGermany
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Keil H, Sonnenberg K, Müller C, Herbst‐Irmer R, Beckers H, Riedel S, Stalke D. Einblicke in die Topologie und die Bildung einer echten ppσ‐Bindung: Experimentelle und berechnete Elektronendichte im monoanionischen Trichlor [Cl
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−. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202013727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Helena Keil
- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Institut für Anorganische Chemie Tammannstraße 4 37077 Göttingen Deutschland
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- Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie Institut für Chemie und Biochemie – Anorganische Chemie Fabeckstraße 34–36 14195 Berlin Deutschland
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- Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie Institut für Chemie und Biochemie – Anorganische Chemie Fabeckstraße 34–36 14195 Berlin Deutschland
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- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Institut für Anorganische Chemie Tammannstraße 4 37077 Göttingen Deutschland
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- Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie Institut für Chemie und Biochemie – Anorganische Chemie Fabeckstraße 34–36 14195 Berlin Deutschland
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- Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie Institut für Chemie und Biochemie – Anorganische Chemie Fabeckstraße 34–36 14195 Berlin Deutschland
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- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Institut für Anorganische Chemie Tammannstraße 4 37077 Göttingen Deutschland
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Pröhm P, Schmid JR, Sonnenberg K, Voßnacker P, Steinhauer S, Schattenberg CJ, Müller R, Kaupp M, Riedel S. Improved Access to Organo-Soluble Di- and Tetrafluoridochlorate(I)/(III) Salts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:16002-16006. [PMID: 32459871 PMCID: PMC7540313 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202006268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A facile one-pot gram-scale synthesis of tetraalkylammonium tetrafluoridochlorate(III) [cat][ClF4 ] ([cat]=[NEt3 Me]+ , [NEt4 ]+ ) is described. An acetonitrile solution of the corresponding alkylammonium chloride salt is fluorinated with diluted fluorine at low temperatures. The reaction proceeds via the [ClF2 ]- anion which is structurally characterized for the first time. The potential application of [ClF4 ]- salts as fluorinating agents is evaluated by the reaction with diphenyl disulfide, Ph2 S2 , to pentafluorosulfanyl benzene, PhSF5 . The CN moieties in acetonitrile and [B(CN)4 ]- are transferred in CF3 groups. Exposure of carbon monoxide, CO, leads to the formation of carbonyl fluoride, COF2 , and elemental gold is dissolved under the formation of tetrafluoridoaurate [AuF4 ]- .
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- P. Pröhm
- Freie Universität BerlinInstitut of Chemistry and BiochemistryFabeckstr. 34/3614195BerlinGermany
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- Freie Universität BerlinInstitut of Chemistry and BiochemistryFabeckstr. 34/3614195BerlinGermany
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- Freie Universität BerlinInstitut of Chemistry and BiochemistryFabeckstr. 34/3614195BerlinGermany
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- Freie Universität BerlinInstitut of Chemistry and BiochemistryFabeckstr. 34/3614195BerlinGermany
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- Freie Universität BerlinInstitut of Chemistry and BiochemistryFabeckstr. 34/3614195BerlinGermany
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- Technische Universität BerlinDepartment of Chemistry: Theoretical ChemistrySekr. C7, Strasse des 17. Juni 13510623BerlinGermany
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- Technische Universität BerlinDepartment of Chemistry: Theoretical ChemistrySekr. C7, Strasse des 17. Juni 13510623BerlinGermany
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- Technische Universität BerlinDepartment of Chemistry: Theoretical ChemistrySekr. C7, Strasse des 17. Juni 13510623BerlinGermany
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- Freie Universität BerlinInstitut of Chemistry and BiochemistryFabeckstr. 34/3614195BerlinGermany
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Pröhm P, Schmid JR, Sonnenberg K, Voßnacker P, Steinhauer S, Schattenberg CJ, Müller R, Kaupp M, Riedel S. Verbesserter Zugang zu organisch löslichen Di‐ und Tetrafluoridochlorat(I/III)‐Salzen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202006268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- P. Pröhm
- Freie Universität Berlin Institut für Chemie und Biochemie Fabeckstr. 34/36 14195 Berlin Deutschland
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- Freie Universität Berlin Institut für Chemie und Biochemie Fabeckstr. 34/36 14195 Berlin Deutschland
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- Freie Universität Berlin Institut für Chemie und Biochemie Fabeckstr. 34/36 14195 Berlin Deutschland
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- Freie Universität Berlin Institut für Chemie und Biochemie Fabeckstr. 34/36 14195 Berlin Deutschland
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- Freie Universität Berlin Institut für Chemie und Biochemie Fabeckstr. 34/36 14195 Berlin Deutschland
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- Technische Universität Berlin Institut für Chemie: Theoretische Chemie Sekr. C7, Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
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- Technische Universität Berlin Institut für Chemie: Theoretische Chemie Sekr. C7, Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
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- Technische Universität Berlin Institut für Chemie: Theoretische Chemie Sekr. C7, Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
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- Freie Universität Berlin Institut für Chemie und Biochemie Fabeckstr. 34/36 14195 Berlin Deutschland
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Gregory J, Verlet JRR, Bull JN. Spectroscopic characterisation of radical polyinterhalogen molecules. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:8284-8288. [PMID: 32270847 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp01311k] [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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Spectroscopic characterisations of the radical polyinterhalogen molecules IF2 and I2F are reported using anion photoelectron spectroscopy. The corresponding parent anions, IF2- and I2F-, are common products formed in hard Ar-CF3I plasmas and are relevant in the semiconductor manufacture industry. The I2F- species, which is present as the [I-I-F]- isomer, is a "non-classical" polyinterhalogen.
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- Joe Gregory
- School of Chemistry, Norwich Research Park, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
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- School of Chemistry, Norwich Research Park, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.
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