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Li DZ, Zhang LJ, Pei L. On the nature of bonding in a new boronyl species Zn 2(BO) 2: a linear four-center two-electron σ bond. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 24:287-294. [PMID: 34882158 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp03920b] [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]
Abstract
The Zn-Zn bond as one of the metal-to-metal bonds in clusters and molecules is of fundamental interest in many areas of natural science. Neutral boronyl can be viewed as a σ radical and is found in boronyl metal complexes. However, a complex with the Zn-Zn bond stabilized by boronyl ligands has not been found so far. Herein, we report on the computational design of the simplest case of such a system: linear D∞h OBZnZnBO. The structural and electronic properties and chemical bonding on a series of zinc complexes Znx(BO)y (x = 1,2; y = 1,2) with boronyl as ligands have been studied using quantum chemical calculations at the B3LYP and PBE0 levels, respectively. For the Zn2(BO)2 cluster, the linear D∞h OBZnZnBO is the global minimum, in which the calculated Zn-Zn bond length of rZn-Zn = 2.400 Å at the B3LYP level, which appears to be close to the latest recommended covalent radii (2.40 Å) of the proposed single bond covalent radii of the Zn-Zn bond. Chemical bonding analyses show that D∞h OBZnZnBO possesses a linear four-center two-electron (4c-2e) σ bond. The σ bond framework has a contribution of Zn orbitals 54% and B orbitals 44%, which involve Zn 4s 20% and 4p 34%, and B 2s 28% and 2p 16%, respectively. Furthermore, the D∞h HZnZnH and NCZnZnCN clusters also exhibit one linear 4c-2e σ bond due to the secondary contribution from the H s and C sp components, respectively. The linear 4c-2e σ bond greatly stabilizes the dizinc complexes. D∞h OBZnZnBO is thermochemically stable with respect to the possible formation channel at room temperature, whereas the formation energy of the exergonic channel, 2ZnBO (C∞v, 2Σg) → OBZnZnBO (D∞h, 1Σg), is evaluated to be -58.75 kcal mol-1 at the B3LYP level. Thus, D∞h OBZnZnBO as the first observation of the Zn-Zn covalent bond in zinc complexes with boronyl as ligands may be synthesized in laboratories in the near future.
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- Da-Zhi Li
- Binzhou Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry, College of Chemical Engineering and Safety Engineering, Binzhou University, Binzhou, Shandong, 256600, China.
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- Binzhou Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry, College of Chemical Engineering and Safety Engineering, Binzhou University, Binzhou, Shandong, 256600, China.
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- Binzhou Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry, College of Chemical Engineering and Safety Engineering, Binzhou University, Binzhou, Shandong, 256600, China.
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Chen X, Xiong Z, Andrews L, Gong Y. End-On Cyanogen Complexes of Iridium, Palladium, and Platinum. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:6489-6495. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Xiuting Chen
- Department of Radiochemistry, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Department of Radiochemistry, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4319, United States
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- Department of Radiochemistry, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4319, United States
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Formation of Short Zn−Zn Bonds Stabilized by Simple Cyanide and Isocyanide Ligands. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201914153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Andrews L, Cho HG. Formation of Short Zn-Zn Bonds Stabilized by Simple Cyanide and Isocyanide Ligands. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 59:2496-2504. [PMID: 31802605 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201914153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Cyanogen diluted in argon was reacted with laser ablated Zn atoms to produce the NCZnCN and NCZnZnCN cyanides and higher energy isocyanides ZnNC, CNZnNC, and CNZnZnNC, which were isolated in excess argon at 4 K. These reaction products, identified from the matrix infrared spectra of their -CN and -NC chromophore ligand stretching modes, were confirmed by 13 C and 15 N isotopic substitution and comparison with frequencies calculated by the B3LYP and CCSD(T) methods using the all electron aug-cc-pVTZ basis sets. The cyanide and isocyanide products were increased markedly by mercury arc UV photolysis, which covers the zinc atomic absorption. The above electronic structure calculations that produce appropriate ligand frequencies for these dizinc products also provide their Zn-Zn bond lengths: CCSD(T) calculations find a short 2.367 Å Zn-Zn bond in the NCZnZnCN cyanide, a shorter 2.347 Å Zn-Zn bond in the 37.4 kJ mol-1 higher energy isocyanide CNZnZnNC, and a longer 4.024 Å bond in the dizinc van der Waals dimer. Thus, the diatomic cyanide (-CN) and isocyanide (-NC) ligands are as capable of stabilizing the Zn-Zn bond as many much larger ligands based on their measured and our calculated Zn-Zn bond lengths. This is the first example of dizinc complexes stabilized by different ligand isomers. Additional weaker bands in this region can be assigned to the analogous trizinc molecules NCZnZnZnCN and CNZnZnZnNC.
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- Lester Andrews
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Incheon National University, 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 22012, South Korea
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Ligand stabilized transient “MNC” and its influence on MNC → MCN isomerization process: a computational study (M = Cu, Ag, and Au). Theor Chem Acc 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-019-2532-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Affiliation(s)
- Gerd Ballmann
- Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Egerlandstrasse 1 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Egerlandstrasse 1 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Egerlandstrasse 1 91058 Erlangen Germany
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Preference for the binding mode of the CN- ligand to Mg (Mg-CN vs. Mg-NC) is investigated. A monomeric Mg complex with a terminal CN ligand was prepared using the dipyrromethene ligand Mes DPM which successfully blocks dimerization. While reaction of (Mes DPM)MgN(SiMe3 )2 with Me3 SiCN gave the coordination complex (Mes DPM)MgN(SiMe3 )2 ⋅NCSiMe3 , reaction with (Mes DPM)Mg(nBu) led to (Mes DPM)MgNC⋅(THF)2 . A Mg-NC/Mg-CN ratio of ≈95:5 was established by crystal-structure determination and DFT calculations. IR studies show absorbances for CN stretching at 2085 cm-1 (Mg-NC) and 2162 cm-1 (Mg-CN) as confirmed by 13 C labeling. In solution and in the solid state, the CN ligand rotates within the pocket. The calculated isomerization barrier is only 12.0 kcal mol-1 and the 13 C NMR signal for CN decoalesces at -85 °C (Mg-NC: 175.9 ppm, Mg-CN: 144.3 ppm). Experiment and theory both indicate that Mg complexes with the CN- ligand should not be named cyanides but are more properly defined as isocyanides.
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- Gerd Ballmann
- Inorganic and Organometallic ChemistryUniversität Erlangen-NürnbergEgerlandstrasse 191058ErlangenGermany
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- Inorganic and Organometallic ChemistryUniversität Erlangen-NürnbergEgerlandstrasse 191058ErlangenGermany
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- Inorganic and Organometallic ChemistryUniversität Erlangen-NürnbergEgerlandstrasse 191058ErlangenGermany
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Fang Z, Vasiliu M, Chen X, Gong Y, Andrews L, Dixon DA. Formation of Cerium and Neodymium Isocyanides in the Reactions of Cyanogen with Ce and Nd Atoms in Argon Matrices. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:8208-8219. [PMID: 31441657 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b06026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Laser ablation of metallic Ce and Nd reacting with cyanogen in excess argon during codeposition at 4 K forms Ce(NC)x and Nd(NC)x for x = 1-3, which are identified from their matrix infrared spectra using cyanogen substituted with 13C and 15N. The electronic structure calculations were performed for isocyano and cyano Cd and Nd compounds for up to n = 4. The frequencies were calculated at the density functional theory level with three different functionals as well as correlated molecular orbital theory (MP2) and are consistent with the experimental assignments and the corresponding 12C/13C isotopic frequency ratios for the isocyano species. The computed frequencies for the analogous cyanide complexes are significantly higher than those for the isocyano isomers, and they are not observed in the spectra. The high spin isocyano complexes are the lowest energy structures. On the basis of the natural population analysis results, the bonding in 4CeNC and 6NdNC is essentially purely ionic with the Ce/Nd in the +I-oxidation state. The bonding for disocyano (3Ce(NC)2 and 5Nd(NC)2) and triisocyano (2Ce(NC)3 and 4Nd(NC)3) complexes is still quite ionic with the lanthanide in the +II and +III formal oxidation states, respectively. For 1Ce(NC)4, the oxidation state is best described as being between +III and +IV. Formation of 5Nd(NC)4 does not really change the electron configuration on the Nd from that in 4Nd(NC)3 and the oxidation state on the Nd remains at +III. Although Nd compounds with up to 3 NC- groups have more ionic binding than do the corresponding Ce compounds, Ce(NC)4 has more ionic binding than does Nd(NC)4. The ionic nature of isocyano Ce and Nd complexes decreases as the number of isocyano groups increases. The energetics of formation of the isocyano Ce and Nd complexes using cyanogen or CN radicals are calculated to be mostly due to exothermic processes, with the exothermicity decreasing as the number of isocyano groups increases.
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- Zongtang Fang
- Department of Chemistry , The University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa , Alabama 35487-0336 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa , Alabama 35487-0336 , United States
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- Department of Radiochemistry, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 201800 , China
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- Department of Radiochemistry, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 201800 , China.,Department of Chemistry , University of Virginia , Charlottesville , Virginia 22904-4319 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Virginia , Charlottesville , Virginia 22904-4319 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa , Alabama 35487-0336 , United States
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Andrews L, Cho H. Mercury Cyanides and Isocyanides: NCHgCN and CNHgNC as well as NCHgHgCN and CNHgHgNC: Simple Molecules with Short, Strong Hg−Hg Bonds. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201904727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Lester Andrews
- Department of Chemistry University of Virginia Charlottesville VA 22904 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Incheon National University 119 Academy-ro Yeonsu-gu Incheon 22012 South Korea
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Andrews L, Cho H. Mercury Cyanides and Isocyanides: NCHgCN and CNHgNC as well as NCHgHgCN and CNHgHgNC: Simple Molecules with Short, Strong Hg−Hg Bonds. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:11874-11878. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201904727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Lester Andrews
- Department of Chemistry University of Virginia Charlottesville VA 22904 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Incheon National University 119 Academy-ro Yeonsu-gu Incheon 22012 South Korea
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Andrews L, Cho HG, Yu W, Wang X. Matrix Infrared Spectra and Electronic Structure Calculations of Linear Alkaline Earth Metal Di-isocyanides CNMNC, Ionic (NC)M(NC) Bowties, and Ionic (MNC)2 Rings. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:3743-3760. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b01286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Lester Andrews
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Incheon National University, 119 Academy-ro,
Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 22012, South Korea
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- School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, P. R. China
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Chen X, Li Q, Andrews L, Gong Y. Infrared Spectroscopic and Theoretical Studies of Group 3 Metal Isocyanide Molecules. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:7099-7106. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b06810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Xiuting Chen
- Department of Radiochemistry, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Shanghai 201800, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Radiochemistry, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4319, United States
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- Department of Radiochemistry, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Shanghai 201800, China
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4319, United States
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Andrews L, Cho HG, Gong Y. Reactions of Laser-Ablated Aluminum Atoms with Cyanogen: Matrix Infrared Spectra and Electronic Structure Calculations for Aluminum Isocyanides Al(NC)1,2,3 and Their Novel Dimers. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:5342-5353. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b02036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Lester Andrews
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400319, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4319, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400319, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4319, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Incheon National University, 119 Academy-ro,
Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 22012, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400319, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4319, United States
- Department of Radiochemistry, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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Huang Z, Wang X, Zhang J, Li Y, Li Y. An ab initio study on coinage atom-inserted cyanide/isocyanide: XMCN/XMNC (M = coinage atoms; X = halogen). RSC Adv 2018; 8:14705-14712. [PMID: 35540736 PMCID: PMC9079932 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra00397a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The coinage atom-inserted cyanide/isocyanide compounds, XMCN and XMNC (X = halogens) formed by the insertion of a coinage atom into the X-C(N) bonds of XCN (or XNC), were investigated by ab initio methods. XMCN was predicted to be more stable than XMNC, which is different from the case of XUCN/XUNC reported previously. Based on the analyses on the ionization dissociation pathways, the M-C (or M-N) bond is more easily broken than the X-M bond. Moreover, the order of the M-C (or M-N) bond energy in XMCN (or XMNC) is XAuCN (XAuNC) > XCuCN (XCuNC) > XAgCN (XAgNC). The shift characters of v C-N in XMCN (or XMNC) with respect to the concerning precursor can be used to identified XMCN and XMNC experimentally. The results of charge decomposition analysis (CDA) and atoms-in-molecule (AIM) illustrate that the X-M and M-C(N) bond behaves as a coordination bond, while the C-N bond is a typical polar covalent bond. The higher thermodynamic stability of XMCN is the result of the -CN group having better coordination ability than the -NC group.
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- Zhengguo Huang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, Key Laboratory of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Functional Materials Chemistry (Tianjin Normal University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University Tianjin 300387 People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, Key Laboratory of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Functional Materials Chemistry (Tianjin Normal University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University Tianjin 300387 People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, Key Laboratory of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Functional Materials Chemistry (Tianjin Normal University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University Tianjin 300387 People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, Key Laboratory of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Functional Materials Chemistry (Tianjin Normal University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University Tianjin 300387 People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, Key Laboratory of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Functional Materials Chemistry (Tianjin Normal University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University Tianjin 300387 People's Republic of China
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Hu SX, Liu JJ, Gibson JK, Li J. Periodic Trends in Actinyl Thio-Crown Ether Complexes. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:2899-2907. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b03277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Shu-Xian Hu
- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Fang Z, Garner EB, Dixon DA, Gong Y, Andrews L, Liebov B. Laser-Ablated U Atom Reactions with (CN)2 to Form UNC, U(NC)2, and U(NC)4: Matrix Infrared Spectra and Quantum Chemical Calculations. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:516-528. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b09291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Zongtang Fang
- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States,
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States,
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States,
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904−4319, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904−4319, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904−4319, United States
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Chen X, Li Q, Andrews L, Gong Y. Matrix Infrared Spectra of Manganese and Iron Isocyanide Complexes. J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:8835-8842. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b09241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Xiuting Chen
- Department
of Radiochemistry, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department
of Radiochemistry, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4319, United States
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- Department
of Radiochemistry, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4319, United States
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Chen X, Li Q, Gong Y, Andrews L, Liebov BK, Fang Z, Dixon DA. Formation and Characterization of Homoleptic Thorium Isocyanide Complexes. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:5060-5068. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Xiuting Chen
- Department of Radiochemistry, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Radiochemistry, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Department of Radiochemistry, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4319, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4319, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4319, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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Matrix preparation and spectroscopic and theoretical investigation of small high oxidation-state complexes of groups 3–12, 14, lanthanide and actinide metal atoms: Carbon-metal single, double and triple bonds. Coord Chem Rev 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Huang Z, Sun L, Yuan Y, Li Y, Wang X. Theoretical Insights into Halogenated Uranium Cyanide/Isocyanide Compounds. Inorg Chem 2016; 55:12559-12567. [PMID: 27989178 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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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Two kinds of halogenated uranium cyanide/isocyanide compounds, XUCN and XUNC (X = halogen) formed by the insertion of uranium atom into X-C(N) bonds of XCN (or XNC), were investigated by DFT and ab initio methods. Although XNC is less stable thermodynamically than XCN, XUNC is more stable than XUCN and is expected to be prepared and characterized in matrix isolation experiments. The C-N stretching vibration mode (νC-N) is the primary fingerprint for the identification of these isomers due to its red-shift character with respect to the relevant precursor. Atoms-in-molecule (AIM) analysis illustrates that both X-U and U-C(N) bonds in XUCN and XUNC show closed-shell interaction character, although partial covalent character contributes to them, and can be denoted as X-U2+(CN)- and X-U2+(NC)-, respectively. Charge decomposition analysis (CDA) further reveals that the isocyanide exhibits better donation performance than the cyanide, which should be the root cause of the difference between XUCN and XUNC.
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- Zhengguo Huang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, Key Laboratory of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Functional Materials Chemistry (Tianjin Normal University), Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University , Tianjin 300387, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, Key Laboratory of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Functional Materials Chemistry (Tianjin Normal University), Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University , Tianjin 300387, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, Key Laboratory of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Functional Materials Chemistry (Tianjin Normal University), Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University , Tianjin 300387, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, Key Laboratory of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Functional Materials Chemistry (Tianjin Normal University), Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University , Tianjin 300387, People's Republic of China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, Key Laboratory of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Functional Materials Chemistry (Tianjin Normal University), Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University , Tianjin 300387, People's Republic of China
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Gong Y, Cho HG, Andrews L. Reactions of Laser-Ablated U Atoms with HCN: Infrared Spectra in Solid Argon and Quantum Chemical Calculations for HUNC. Eur J Inorg Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201500317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Abstract
By using the cyanide ligand, actinide compounds with unprecedented structures, UIII–CN vs. CeIII–NC and UIII–CN vs. UIV–NC coordination modes, and novel high-valent uranium complexes were revealed.
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Affiliation(s)
| | - Pierre Thuéry
- CEA
- IRAMIS/NIMBE/LCMCE
- CEA/CNRS UMR 3685 NIMBE
- 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette
- France
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