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Gonçalves D. Rethinking life and predicting its origin. Theory Biosci 2024:10.1007/s12064-024-00420-9. [PMID: 38922566 DOI: 10.1007/s12064-024-00420-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024]
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The definition, origin and recreation of life remain elusive. As others have suggested, only once we put life into reductionist physical terms will we be able to solve those questions. To that end, this work proposes the phenomenon of life to be the product of two dissipative mechanisms. From them, one characterises extant biological life and deduces a testable scenario for its origin. The proposed theory of life allows its replication, reinterprets ecological evolution and creates new constraints on the search for life.
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- Diogo Gonçalves
- Centro de Química Estrutural and Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Kick AC, Weyhermüller T, Hölscher M, Kaeffer N, Leitner W. Understanding Ligand Effects on Bielectronic Transitions: Chemo- and Electroreduction of Rhodium Bis(Diphosphine) Complexes to Low Oxidation States. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024:e202408356. [PMID: 38842465 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202408356] [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: 05/02/2024] [Revised: 06/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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Rhodium complexes in the -I and 0 oxidation states are of great potential interest in catalytic applications. In contrast to their rhodium +I congeners, however, the structural and electronic parameters governing their access and stability are far less understood. Herein, we investigate the two-electron reduction of a parameterized series of bis(diphosphine) Rh complexes [Rh(dxpy)2]NTf2 (x=P-substituent, y=alkanediyl bridging P atoms). Through (electro)reductions from the RhI parents, Rh-I d10-complexes were obtained and characterized spectroscopically, including 103Rh NMR data. The reductive steps convolute with structural rearrangements from square planar to tetrahedral coordination. We found that the extent of these reorganisations defines whether the first E0(RhI/0) and second E0(Rh0/-I) reduction potentials are normally ordered, leading to monoelectronic stepwise transitions, or inverted, giving bielectronic events. Reductionist approaches based on Hammett parameters or the P-Rh-P bite angles provide only partial correlations with the redox potentials. However, we identified the C-O stretch of analogue diphosphine complexes as an expedient computational parameter that enables these correlations through both electronic and geometric features, even in a predictive manner. Gaining control over two-electron reduction behaviors through rationalized ligand effects has potential impact beyond Rh complexes, for molecular and enzymatic metal sites commonly exhibiting bielectronic transitions.
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- Anne-Christine Kick
- Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074, Aachen
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- Department of Molecular Catalysis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstraße 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr
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- Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074, Aachen
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- Department of Molecular Catalysis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstraße 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr
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- Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074, Aachen
- Department of Molecular Catalysis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstraße 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr
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Schmid L, Fokin I, Brändlin M, Wagner D, Siewert I, Wenger OS. Accumulation of Four Electrons on a Terphenyl (Bis)disulfide. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202202386. [PMID: 36351246 PMCID: PMC10098965 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The activation of N2 , CO2 or H2 O to energy-rich products relies on multi-electron transfer reactions, and consequently it seems desirable to understand the basics of light-driven accumulation of multiple redox equivalents. Most of the previously reported molecular acceptors merely allow the storage of up to two electrons. We report on a terphenyl compound including two disulfide bridges, which undergoes four-electron reduction in two separate electrochemical steps, aided by a combination of potential compression and inversion. Under visible-light irradiation using the organic super-electron donor tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene, a cascade of light-induced reaction steps is observed, leading to the cleavage of both disulfide bonds. Whereas one of them undergoes extrusion of sulfur to result in a thiophene, the other disulfide is converted to a dithiolate. These insights seem relevant to enhance the current fundamental understanding of photochemical energy storage.
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- Lucius Schmid
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- University of Göttingen, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Tammannstrasse 4, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- University of Göttingen, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Tammannstrasse 4, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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Watanabe LK, Ahmed ZS, Hayward JJ, Heyer E, Macdonald CLB, Rawson JM. Oxidative addition of 1,2,5,6-Tetrathiocins to Co(I): A Re-Examination of Crown Ether Functionalized Benzene Dithiolate Cobalt(III) Complexes. Organometallics 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Lara K. Watanabe
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, N9B 3P4 Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, N9B 3P4 Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, N9B 3P4 Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, N9B 3P4 Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, N9B 3P4 Ontario, Canada
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, K1S 5B6 Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, N9B 3P4 Ontario, Canada
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Izu H, Kondo M, Saga Y, Iwami H, Masaoka S. Rational Synthetic Strategy for Heterometallic Multinuclear Complexes. CHEM LETT 2020. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.190815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Hitoshi Izu
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Department of Life and Coordination-Complex Melecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, 5-1 Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Shonan Village, Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0193, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Department of Life and Coordination-Complex Melecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, 5-1 Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
- SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Shonan Village, Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0193, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Tsukada S, Abe T, Abe N, Nakashima S, Yamamoto K, Gunji T. Benzenedithiolate-bridged MoFe complexes: structures, oxidation states, and reactivities. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:9048-9056. [DOI: 10.1039/d0dt01428a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The benzenedithiolate-bridged MoFe complexes were synthesized and the oxidation states of the metal centers elucidated.
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- Satoru Tsukada
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Chiba University
- Chiba 263-8522
- Japan
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Tokyo University of Science
- Chiba 278-8510
- Japan
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Tokyo University of Science
- Chiba 278-8510
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Science
- Hiroshima University
- Higashi-Hiroshima
- Japan
- Natural Science Centre for Basic Research and Development
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Tokyo University of Science
- Chiba 278-8510
- Japan
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Tokyo University of Science
- Chiba 278-8510
- Japan
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Nguyen N, Lough AJ, Fekl U. A molybdenum tris-(di-thiol-ene) complex coordinates to three bound cobalt centers in three different ways. Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun 2019; 75:1261-1264. [PMID: 31417803 PMCID: PMC6690443 DOI: 10.1107/s2056989019010363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 07/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The synthesis and structural characterization of the mol-ecular compound (μ3-benzene-1,2-di-thiol-ato)hexa-carbonyl-bis-(μ3-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene-2,3-dithiolato)tricobaltmolybdenum, [Co3Mo(C4F6S2)2(C6H4S2)(CO)6] or Mo(tfd)2(bdt)(Co(CO)2)3 (tfd is 1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene-2,3-dithiolate and bdt is benzene-1,2-di-thiol-ate), are reported. The structure of the mol-ecule contains the molybdenum tris-(di-thiol-ene) complex Mo(tfd)2(bdt) coordinated as a multidentate ligand to three cobalt dicarbonyl units. Each of the three cobalt centers is relatively close to molybdenum, with Co⋯Mo distances of 2.7224 (7), 2.8058 (7), and 2.6320 (6) Å. Additionally, each of the cobalt centers is bound via main-group donor atoms, but each one in a different way: the first cobalt atom is coordinated by two sulfur atoms from different di-thiol-enes (bdt and tfd). The second cobalt atom is coordinated by one sulfur from one tfd and two olefinic carbons from another tfd. The third cobalt is coordinated by one sulfur from bdt and two sulfurs from tfd. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first structurally characterized example of a molybdenum (tris-)di-thiol-ene complex that coordinates to cobalt. The F atoms of two of the -CF3 groups were refined as disordered over two sets of sites with ratios of refined occupancies of 0.703 (7):0.297 (7) and 0.72 (2):0.28 (2).
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- Neilson Nguyen
- Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, Ontario, L5L 1C6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, Ontario, L5L 1C6, Canada
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Natarajan M, Faujdar H, Mobin SM, Stein M, Kaur-Ghumaan S. A mononuclear iron carbonyl complex [Fe(μ-bdt)(CO) 2(PTA) 2] with bulky phosphine ligands: a model for the [FeFe] hydrogenase enzyme active site with an inverted redox potential. Dalton Trans 2017; 46:10050-10056. [PMID: 28731078 DOI: 10.1039/c7dt01994g] [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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A mononuclear hexa-coordinated iron carbonyl complex [Fe(μ-bdt)(CO)2(PTA)2] 1 (bdt = 1,2-benzenedithiolate; PTA = 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane) with two bulky phosphine ligands in the trans position was synthesized and characterized by X-ray structural analysis coulometry data, FTIR, electrochemistry and electronic structure calculations. The complex undergoes a facilitated two-electron reduction 1/12- and shows an inverted one-electron reduction for 1/1- at higher potentials. Electrochemical investigations of 1 are compared to the closely related [Fe(bdt)(CO)2(PMe3)2] compound. A mechanistic suggestion for the hydrogen evolution reaction upon proton reduction from acid media is derived. The stability of 1 in both weak and strong acids is monitored by cyclic voltammetry.
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- M Natarajan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India.
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Tong P, Xie W, Yang D, Wang B, Ji X, Li J, Qu J. Structural characterization and proton reduction electrocatalysis of thiolate-bridged bimetallic (CoCo and CoFe) complexes. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:18559-18565. [DOI: 10.1039/c6dt03275c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Using an assembly method, dinuclear CoCo and CoFe complexes supported by a bdt ligand, [Cp*Co(μ–η2:η2-bdt)(μ-I)CoCp*][PF6] (1[PF6], Cp* = η5-C5Me5, bdt = benzene-1,2-dithiolate), and [Cp*Co(μ–η2:η4-bdt)FeCp′][PF6] (3[PF6], Cp′ = η5-C5Me4H) were synthesized in high yields.
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- Peng Tong
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian
- P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian
- P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian
- P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian
- P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian
- P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian
- P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian
- P.R. China
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Nie HJ, Yang WW, Zheng RH, Shi Q, Chen H, Yao J, Zhong YW. Metal Chelation-Assisted Amine–Amine Electronic Coupling through the 4,4′-Positions of 2,2′-Bipyridine. Inorg Chem 2015; 54:1272-82. [DOI: 10.1021/ic5024967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Hai-Jing Nie
- Beijing National Laboratory
for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, State
Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species,
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 Bei Yi
Jie, Zhong Guan Cun, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory
for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, State
Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species,
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 Bei Yi
Jie, Zhong Guan Cun, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory
for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, State
Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species,
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 Bei Yi
Jie, Zhong Guan Cun, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory
for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, State
Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species,
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 Bei Yi
Jie, Zhong Guan Cun, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory
for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, State
Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species,
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 Bei Yi
Jie, Zhong Guan Cun, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory
for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, State
Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species,
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 Bei Yi
Jie, Zhong Guan Cun, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory
for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, State
Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species,
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 Bei Yi
Jie, Zhong Guan Cun, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
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Muratsugu S, Tajima S, Tada M. Dispersed RhMo Nanoclusters Prepared from Oxide-supported Rh 2Mo Heterometallic Complexes as Catalysts for Alcohol Oxidation. CHEM LETT 2014. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.140326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Satoshi Muratsugu
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
- Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University
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Sakamoto R, Kambe T, Tsukada S, Takada K, Hoshiko K, Kitagawa Y, Okumura M, Nishihara H. π-Conjugated trinuclear group-9 metalladithiolenes with a triphenylene backbone. Inorg Chem 2013; 52:7411-6. [PMID: 23758171 DOI: 10.1021/ic400110z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Previously, we synthesized π-conjugated trinuclear metalladithiolene complexes based on benzenehexathiol (J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans.1998, 2651; Dalton Trans.2009, 1939; Inorg. Chem.2011, 50, 6856). Here we report trinuclear complexes with a triphenylene backbone. A reaction with triphenylenehexathiol and group 9 metal precursors in the presence of triethylamine gives rise to trinuclear complexes 9-11. The planar structure of 11 is determined using single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The ligand-to-metal charge transfer bands of 9-11 move to longer wavelengths compared with those of mononuclear 12-14. Electrochemical measurements disclose that the one-electron and two-electron reduced mixed-valent states are stabilized thermodynamically. UV-vis-NIR spectroscopy for the reduced species of 9 identifies intervalence charge transfer bands for 9(-) and 9(2-), substantiating the existence of electronic communication among the three metal nuclei. These observations prove that the triphenylene backbone transmits π-conjugation among the three metalladithiolene units.
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- Ryota Sakamoto
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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Funaioli T, Leoni P, Marchetti L, Albinati A, Rizzato S, Fabrizi de Biani F, Ienco A, Manca G, Mealli C. Unprecedented tris-phosphido-bridged triangular clusters with 42 valence electrons. Chemical, electrochemical and computational studies of their formation and stability. Inorg Chem 2013; 52:4635-47. [PMID: 23537366 DOI: 10.1021/ic400251y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This paper presents the synthesis and structural characterization of the unprecedented tris-phosphido-bridged compounds Pt3(μ-PBu(t)2)3X3 (X = Cl, Br, I), having only 42 valence electrons, while up to now analogous clusters typically have 44e(-). The new species were obtained by an apparent bielectronic oxidation of the 44e(-) monohalides Pt3(μ-PBu(t)2)3(CO)2X with the corresponding dihalogen X2. Their X-ray structures are close to the D3h symmetry, similarly to the 44e(-) analogues with three terminal carbonyl ligands. The products were also obtained by electrochemical oxidation of the same monohalides in the presence of the corresponding halide. In a detailed study on the formation of Pt3(μ-PBu(t)2)3I3, the redox potentials indicated that I2 can only perform the first monoelectronic oxidation but is unsuited for the second one. Accordingly, the 43e(-) intermediate [Pt3(μ-PBu(t)2)3(CO)2I](+) was ascertained to play a key role. Another piece of information is that, together with the fully oxidized product Pt3(μ-PBu(t)2)3I3, the transient 44e(-) species [Pt3(μ-PBu(t)2)3(CO)3](+) is formed in the early steps of the reaction. In order to extract detailed information on the formation pathway, involving both terminal ligand substitutions and electron transfer processes, a DFT investigation has been performed and all the possible intermediates have been defined together with their associated energy costs. The profile highlights many important aspects, such as the formation of an appropriate couple of 43e(-) intermediates having different sets of terminal coligands, and suitable redox potentials for the transfer of one electron. Optimizations of 45e(-) associative intermediates in the ligand substitution reactions indicate their possible involvement in the redox process with reduction of the overall energy cost. Finally, according to MO arguments, the unique stability of the 42e(-) phosphido-bridged Pt3 clusters can be attributed to the simultaneous presence of three terminal halides.
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- Tiziana Funaioli
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale dell'Università di Pisa, Via Risorgimento 35, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
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Jim CKW, Lam JWY, Qin A, Leung CWT, Jianzhao L, Sung HHY, Williams ID, Tang BZ. Ferrocene-Decorated Hyperbranched Poly(aroxycarbonylphenylene)s: Synthesis, Light Refraction, Photopatterning and Precursor to Magnetic Ceramics. J Inorg Organomet Polym Mater 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s10904-012-9727-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Tsukada S, Sakamoto R, Nishihara H. Benzenedithiolate-bridged Rh2W and RhW Cluster Complexes: Synthesis, Properties, and Formation Mechanism. CHEM LETT 2012. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.2012.357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Satoru Tsukada
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
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Tsukada S, Shibata Y, Sakamoto R, Kambe T, Ozeki T, Nishihara H. Ir3Co6 and Co3Fe3 Dithiolene Cluster Complexes: Multiple Metal–Metal Bond Formation and Correlation between Structure and Internuclear Electronic Communication. Inorg Chem 2012; 51:1228-30. [DOI: 10.1021/ic202548g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Satoru Tsukada
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry
and Materials Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551,
Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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