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Gui X, Sorbelli D, Caló FP, Leutzsch M, Patzer M, Fürstner A, Bistoni G, Auer AA. Elucidating the Electronic Nature of Rh-based Paddlewheel Catalysts from 103 Rh NMR Chemical Shifts: Insights from Quantum Mechanical Calculations. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202301846. [PMID: 37721802 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301846] [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: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
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The tremendous importance of dirhodium paddlewheel complexes for asymmetric catalysis is largely the result of an empirical optimization of the chiral ligand sphere about the bimetallic core. It was only recently that a H(C)Rh triple resonance 103 Rh NMR experiment provided the long-awaited opportunity to examine - with previously inconceivable accuracy - how variation of the ligands impacts on the electronic structure of such catalysts. The recorded effects are dramatic: formal replacement of only one out of eight O-atoms surrounding the metal centers in a dirhodium tetracarboxylate by an N-atom results in a shielding of the corresponding Rh-site of no less than 1000 ppm. The current paper provides the theoretical framework that allows this and related experimental observations made with a set of 19 representative rhodium complexes to be interpreted. In line with symmetry considerations, it is shown that the shielding tensor responds only to the donor ability of the equatorial ligands along the perpendicular principal axis. Axial ligands, in contrast, have no direct effect on shielding but may come into play via the electronicc i s ${cis}$ -effect that they exert onto the neighboring equatorial sites. On top of these fundamental interactions, charge redistribution within the core as well as the electronict r a n s ${trans}$ -effect of ligands of different donor strengths is reflected in the recorded 103 Rh NMR shifts.
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- Xin Gui
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470, Mülheim an der RuhrMülheim/Ruhr, Germany
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- Dipartmento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotechnologie, Università Degli Studi Di Perugia, 06123, Perugia, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470, Mülheim an der RuhrMülheim/Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470, Mülheim an der RuhrMülheim/Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470, Mülheim an der RuhrMülheim/Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470, Mülheim an der RuhrMülheim/Ruhr, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470, Mülheim an der RuhrMülheim/Ruhr, Germany
- Dipartmento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotechnologie, Università Degli Studi Di Perugia, 06123, Perugia, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 45470, Mülheim an der RuhrMülheim/Ruhr, Germany
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Baker CF, Seed JA, Adams RW, Lee D, Liddle ST. 13C carbene nuclear magnetic resonance chemical shift analysis confirms Ce IV[double bond, length as m-dash]C double bonding in cerium(iv)-diphosphonioalkylidene complexes. Chem Sci 2023; 15:238-249. [PMID: 38131084 PMCID: PMC10732143 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc04449a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Diphosphonioalkylidene dianions have emerged as highly effective ligands for lanthanide and actinide ions, and the resulting formal metal-carbon double bonds have challenged and developed conventional thinking about f-element bond multiplicity and covalency. However, f-element-diphosphonioalkylidene complexes can be represented by several resonance forms that render their metal-carbon double bond status unclear. Here, we report an experimentally-validated 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance computational assessment of two cerium(iv)-diphosphonioalkylidene complexes, [Ce(BIPMTMS)(ODipp)2] (1, BIPMTMS = {C(PPh2NSiMe3)2}2-; Dipp = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl) and [Ce(BIPMTMS)2] (2). Decomposing the experimental alkylidene chemical shifts into their corresponding calculated shielding (σ) tensor components verifies that these complexes exhibit Ce[double bond, length as m-dash]C double bonds. Strong magnetic coupling of Ce[double bond, length as m-dash]C σ/π* and π/σ* orbitals produces strongly deshielded σ11 values, a characteristic hallmark of alkylidenes, and the largest 13C chemical shift tensor spans of any alkylidene complex to date (1, 801 ppm; 2, 810 ppm). In contrast, the phosphonium-substituent shielding contributions are much smaller than the Ce[double bond, length as m-dash]C σ- and π-bond components. This study confirms significant Ce 4f-orbital contributions to the Ce[double bond, length as m-dash]C bonding, provides further support for a previously proposed inverse-trans-influence in 2, and reveals variance in the 4f spin-orbit contributions that relate to the alkylidene hybridisation. This work thus confirms the metal-carbon double bond credentials of f-element-diphosphonioalkylidenes, providing quantified benchmarks for understanding diphosphonioalkylidene bonding generally.
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- Cameron F Baker
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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Du J, Hurd J, Seed JA, Balázs G, Scheer M, Adams RW, Lee D, Liddle ST. 31P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy as a Probe of Thorium-Phosphorus Bond Covalency: Correlating Phosphorus Chemical Shift to Metal-Phosphorus Bond Order. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:21766-21784. [PMID: 37768555 PMCID: PMC10571089 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c02775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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We report the use of solution and solid-state 31P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy combined with Density Functional Theory calculations to benchmark the covalency of actinide-phosphorus bonds, thus introducing 31P NMR spectroscopy to the investigation of molecular f-element chemical bond covalency. The 31P NMR data for [Th(PH2)(TrenTIPS)] (1, TrenTIPS = {N(CH2CH2NSiPri3)3}3-), [Th(PH)(TrenTIPS)][Na(12C4)2] (2, 12C4 = 12-crown-4 ether), [{Th(TrenTIPS)}2(μ-PH)] (3), and [{Th(TrenTIPS)}2(μ-P)][Na(12C4)2] (4) demonstrate a chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) ordering of (μ-P)3- > (═PH)2- > (μ-PH)2- > (-PH2)1- and for 4 the largest CSA for any bridging phosphido unit. The B3LYP functional with 50% Hartree-Fock mixing produced spin-orbit δiso values that closely match the experimental data, providing experimentally benchmarked quantification of the nature and extent of covalency in the Th-P linkages in 1-4 via Natural Bond Orbital and Natural Localized Molecular Orbital analyses. Shielding analysis revealed that the 31P δiso values are essentially only due to the nature of the Th-P bonds in 1-4, with largely invariant diamagnetic but variable paramagnetic and spin-orbit shieldings that reflect the Th-P bond multiplicities and s-orbital mediated transmission of spin-orbit effects from Th to P. This study has permitted correlation of Th-P δiso values to Mayer bond orders, revealing qualitative correlations generally, but which should be examined with respect to specific ancillary ligand families rather than generally to be quantitative, reflecting that 31P δiso values are a very sensitive reporter due to phosphorus being a soft donor that responds to the rest of the ligand field much more than stronger, harder donors like nitrogen.
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- Jingzhen Du
- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, The University
of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, The University
of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K.
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Castro AC, Cascella M, Perutz RN, Raynaud C, Eisenstein O. Solid-State 19F NMR Chemical Shift in Square-Planar Nickel-Fluoride Complexes Linked by Halogen Bonds. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:4835-4846. [PMID: 36920236 PMCID: PMC10052355 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c04063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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The halogen bond (XB) is a highly directional class of noncovalent interactions widely explored by experimental and computational studies. However, the NMR signature of the XB has attracted limited attention. The prediction and analysis of the solid-state NMR (SSNMR) chemical shift tensor provide useful strategies to better understand XB interactions. In this work, we employ a computational protocol for modeling and analyzing the 19F SSNMR chemical shifts previously measured in a family of square-planar trans NiII-L2-iodoaryl-fluoride (L = PEt3) complexes capable of forming self-complementary networks held by a NiF···I(C) halogen bond [Thangavadivale, V.; Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 3767-3781]. To understand how the 19F NMR resonances of the nickel-bonded fluoride are affected by the XB, we investigate the origin of the shielding in trans-[NiF(2,3,5,6-C6F4I)(PEt3)2], trans-[NiF(2,3,4,5-C6F4I)(PEt3)2], and trans-[NiF(C6F5)(PEt3)2] in the solid state, where a XB is present in the two former systems but not in the last. We perform the 19F NMR chemical shift calculations both in periodic and molecular models. The results show that the crystal packing has little influence on the NMR signatures of the XB, and the NMR can be modeled successfully with a pair of molecules interacting via the XB. Thus, the observed difference in chemical shift between solid-state and solution NMR can be essentially attributed to the XB interaction. The very high shielding of the fluoride and its driving contributor, the most shielded component of the chemical shift tensor, are well reproduced at the 2c-ZORA level. Analysis of the factors controlling the shielding shows how the highest occupied Ni/F orbitals shield the fluoride in the directions perpendicular to the Ni-F bond and specifically perpendicular to the coordination plane. This shielding arises from the magnetic coupling of the Ni(3d)/F(2p lone pair) orbitals with the vacant σNi-F* orbital, thereby rationalizing the very highly upfield (shielded) resonance of the component (δ33) along this direction. We show that these features are characteristic of square-planar nickel-fluoride complexes. The deshielding of the fluoride in the halogen-bonded systems is attributed to an increase in the energy gap between the occupied and vacant orbitals that are mostly responsible for the paramagnetic terms, notably along the most shielded direction.
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- Abril C Castro
- Hylleraas Centre for Quantum Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, 0315 Oslo, Norway
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- Hylleraas Centre for Quantum Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, 0315 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, YO10 5DD York, United Kingdom
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- Hylleraas Centre for Quantum Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, 0315 Oslo, Norway.,ICGM, Université Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34090 Montpellier, France
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Fernández-Alarcón A, Autschbach J. Relativistic Density Functional NMR Tensors Analyzed with Spin-free Localized Molecular Orbitals. Chemphyschem 2023; 24:e202200667. [PMID: 36169984 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Revised: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The implementation of fast relativistic methods based on density functional theory, in conjunction with localized molecular orbital (LMO) based analysis, allows straightforward interpretations of NMR parameters in terms of contributions from core shells, lone pairs, and bonds, for compounds containing elements from across the periodic table. We present a conceptual review of a frequently used LMO analysis of NMR parameters calculated in the presence of spin-orbit interactions and other relativistic effects. An accompanying example focuses on the 15 N shielding in a heavy metal complex.
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- Alberto Fernández-Alarcón
- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA
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Amason EK, Rajabimoghadam K, Baughman NN, Ghareeb CR, Bourgeois SK, Keuk C, Manacsa G, Popp BV, Garcia-Bosch I, Ferrence GM, Joslin EE. Synthesis and Reactivity of Ampy-Based Ruthenium(II) Catalysts for Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones. Organometallics 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Edith K. Amason
- Department of Chemistry, The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee 22903, United States
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee 22903, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee 22903, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee 22903, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee 22903, United States
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee 22903, United States
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Erdmann P, Greb L. What Distinguishes the Strength and the Effect of a Lewis Acid: Analysis of the Gutmann–Beckett Method. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202114550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Philipp Erdmann
- Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 270 69120 Heidelberg Germany
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- Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 270 69120 Heidelberg Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry—Inorganic Chemistry Freie Universität Berlin Fabeckstr. 34/36 14195 Berlin Germany
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Synthesis, characterization, 31P{1H} NMR, X-ray structure and voltammetric study of 2-mercaptothiazolines and phosphines ruthenium(II) complexes. J Mol Struct 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.131262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Erdmann P, Greb L. What Distinguishes the Strength and the Effect of a Lewis Acid: Analysis of the Gutmann-Beckett Method. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202114550. [PMID: 34757692 PMCID: PMC9299668 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
IUPAC defines Lewis acidity as the thermodynamic tendency for Lewis pair formation. This strength property was recently specified as global Lewis acidity (gLA), and is gauged for example by the fluoride ion affinity. Experimentally, Lewis acidity is usually evaluated by the effect on a bound molecule, such as the induced 31 P NMR shift of triethylphosphine oxide in the Gutmann-Beckett (GB) method. This type of scaling was called effective Lewis acidity (eLA). Unfortunately, gLA and eLA often correlate poorly, but a reason for this is unknown. Hence, the strength and the effect of a Lewis acid are two distinct properties, but they are often granted interchangeably. The present work analyzes thermodynamic, NMR specific, and London dispersion effects on GB numbers for 130 Lewis acids by theory and experiment. The deformation energy of a Lewis acid is identified as the prime cause for the critical deviation between gLA and eLA but its correction allows a unification for the first time.
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- Philipp Erdmann
- Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry-Inorganic Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Fabeckstr. 34/36, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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Transue WJ, Dai Y, Riu MLY, Wu G, Cummins CC. 31P NMR Chemical Shift Tensors: Windows into Ruthenium Phosphinidene Complex Electronic Structures. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:9254-9258. [PMID: 34152768 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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A series of octamethylcalix[4]pyrrole/ruthenium phosphinidene complexes (Na2[1=PR]) can be accessed by phosphinidene transfer from the corresponding RPA (A = C14H10, anthracene) compounds (R = tBu, iPr, OEt, NH2, NMe2, NEt2, NiPr2, NA, dimethylpiperidino). Isolation of the tert-butyl and dimethylamino derivatives allowed comparative studies of their 31P nuclear shielding tensors by magic-angle-spinning solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Density functional theory and natural chemical shielding analyses reveal the relationship between the 31P chemical shift tensor and the local ruthenium/phosphorus electronic structure. The general trend observed in the 31P isotropic chemical shifts for the ruthenium phosphinidene complexes was controlled by the degree of deshielding in the δ11 principal tensor component, which can be linked to the σRuP/πRuP* energy gap. A "δ22-δ33 crossover" effect for R = tBu was also observed, which was caused by different degrees of deshielding associated with polarizations of the σPR and σPR* natural bond orbitals.
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- Wesley J Transue
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L3N6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L3N6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Junge J, Engesser TA, Krahmer J, Näther C, Tuczek F. Rhodium(III) and Ruthenium(II) Complexes with a Pentadentate Tetrapodal Phosphine Ligand. Z Anorg Allg Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202000455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Jannik Junge
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Max-Eyth-Straße 2 D-24118 Kiel Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Max-Eyth-Straße 2 D-24118 Kiel Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Max-Eyth-Straße 2 D-24118 Kiel Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Max-Eyth-Straße 2 D-24118 Kiel Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Max-Eyth-Straße 2 D-24118 Kiel Germany
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Gordon CP, Lätsch L, Copéret C. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: A Spectroscopic Probe to Understand the Electronic Structure and Reactivity of Molecules and Materials. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:2072-2085. [PMID: 33617260 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This Perspective focuses on the ability of chemical shift to identify and characterize the electronic structure and associated reactivity of molecules and materials. After a general introduction on NMR parameters, we will show selected examples where the chemical shift of various NMR active nuclei has been used to investigate and understand electronic properties, with a particular focus on organometallic compounds and inorganic materials with relevance to catalysis. We will demonstrate how the NMR parameter of probe molecules and ligands can be used to elucidate the nature of active sites and how they can help to understand and predict their reactivity. Lastly, we will give an overview over recent advances in deciphering metal NMR parameters. Overall, we show how chemical shift is a reactivity descriptor that can be analyzed and understood on a molecular level.
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- Christopher P Gordon
- ETH Zurich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, Zurich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, Zurich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, Zurich, Switzerland
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