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Landrini M, Patel R, Tyrrell-Thrower J, Macchioni A, Hughes DL, Tensi L, Hrobárik P, Rocchigiani L. Exploring Ligand Effects on Structure, Bonding, and Photolytic Hydride Transfer of Cationic Gold(I) Bridging Hydride Complexes of Molybdocene and Tungstenocene. Inorg Chem 2024. [PMID: 38989543 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
Abstract
A diverse family of heterobimetallic bridging hydride adducts of the type [LAu(μ-H)2MCp2][X] (L = 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazole-2-ylidene, IPr; 1,3-bis(1-adamantyl)imidazole-2-ylidene, IAd; 1,3-bis(2,6-di-iso-propylphenyl)-5,5-dimethyl-4,6-diketopyrimidinyl-2-ylidene, DippDAC; triphenylphosphine, PPh3; 2-di-tert-butylphosphino-2',4',6'-triisopropylbiphenyl, tBuXPhos; X = SbF6-, BF4- or TfO-) was synthesized by reacting group VI metallocene dihydrides Cp2MH2 (Cp = cyclopentadienyl anion; M = Mo, W) with cationic gold(I) complexes [LAu(NCMe)][X]. Trimetallic [L'Au2(μ-H)2WCp2][X]2 and tetrametallic [L'Au2{(μ-H)2WCp2}2] [X]2 complexes (L' = rac-2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthalene or bis(diphenylphosphinomethane)) were obtained by reacting digold [L'{Au(NCMe)}2][X]2 with Cp2WH2 in a 1:1 and a 1:2 stoichiometry. Accessing such a broad structural diversity allowed us to pinpoint roles played by the ancillary ligands and group VI metals on the bonding properties of this family of bridging hydrides. In particular, a clear effect of the ligand on the interaction energy and electronic structure was observed, with important implications on photolytic reactivity. UV or visible light irradiation, indeed, leads to the selective cleavage of the heterobimetallic Au(μ-H)2M arrangement and formation of molecular gold hydrides. The photolysis was found to be chromoselective (wavelength-dependent), which can be ascribed to different charge redistributions upon excitation to the first (Kasha's reactivity) and higher (anti-Kasha's reactivity) excited states.
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- Martina Landrini
- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia and CIRCC, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7TJ Norwich, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7TJ Norwich, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia and CIRCC, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7TJ Norwich, U.K
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via del Liceo 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Ilkovičova 6, SK-84215 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia and CIRCC, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
- School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7TJ Norwich, U.K
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Sproules S. Oxo versus Sulfido Coordination at Tungsten: A Spectroscopic and Correlated Ab Initio Electronic Structure Study. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:9057-9063. [PMID: 34096284 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The tungsten ion that resides at the active site of a unique class of enzymes only found in esoteric hyperthermophilic archaea bacteria is known to possess at least one terminal chalcogenide ligand. The identity of this as either an oxo or sulfido (or both) is difficult to ascertain from structural studies; therefore, small-molecule analogues are developed to calibrate and substantiate spectroscopic signatures obtained from native proteins. The electronic structures of Tp*WECl2 (E = O, S; Tp* = hydrotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)borate) have been scrutinized using electronic, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), and X-ray absorption spectroscopy to assess the impact of terminal chalcogen on the adjacent cis chloride ligands. Examination at the Cl K-edge provides a direct probe of the bonding and therein lability of these chloride ligands, and in conjunction with density functional theoretical and multireference calculations reveals greater bond covalency in Tp*WOCl2 compared to Tp*WSCl2. The computational model and electronic structure assignment are corroborated by the reproduction of spin-Hamiltonian parameters, whose magnitude is dominated by the sizeable spin-orbit coupling of tungsten.
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- Stephen Sproules
- WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K
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Rocchigiani L, Klooster WT, Coles SJ, Hughes DL, Hrobárik P, Bochmann M. Hydride Transfer to Gold: Yes or No? Exploring the Unexpected Versatility of Au⋅⋅⋅H−M Bonding in Heterobimetallic Dihydrides. Chemistry 2020; 26:8267-8280. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202000016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Luca Rocchigiani
- School of ChemistryUniversity of East Anglia Norwich Research Park Norwich NR47TJ UK
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- National Crystallography ServiceSchool of ChemistryUniversity of Southampton Southampton SO171BJ UK
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- National Crystallography ServiceSchool of ChemistryUniversity of Southampton Southampton SO171BJ UK
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of East Anglia Norwich Research Park Norwich NR47TJ UK
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- Department of Inorganic ChemistryFaculty of Natural SciencesComenius University 84215 Bratislava Slovakia
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- School of ChemistryUniversity of East Anglia Norwich Research Park Norwich NR47TJ UK
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Maier TM, Ikabata Y, Nakai H. Efficient Semi-Numerical Implementation of Relativistic Exact Exchange within the Infinite-Order Two-Component Method Using a Modified Chain-of-Spheres Method. J Chem Theory Comput 2019; 15:4745-4763. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b00228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Toni M. Maier
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
- Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto 615-8520, Japan
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