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Ahsin A, Qamar A, Muthu S, Vetrivelan V, Cao J, Bian W. Superalkali nature of the Si 9M 5 (M = Li, Na, and K) Zintl clusters: a theoretical study on electronic structure and dynamic nonlinear optical properties. RSC Adv 2024; 14:17091-17101. [PMID: 38808233 PMCID: PMC11130639 DOI: 10.1039/d4ra02396j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024] Open
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Zintl clusters have attracted widespread attention because of their intriguing bonding and unusual physical properties. We explore the Si9 and Si9M5 (where M = Li, Na, and K) Zintl clusters using the density functional theory combined with other methods. The exothermic nature of the Si9M5 cluster formation is disclosed, and the interactions of alkali metals with pristine Si9 are shown to be noncovalent. The reduced density gradient analysis is performed, in which increased van der Waals interactions are observed with the enlargement of the size of alkali metals. The influence of the implicit solvent model is considered, where the hyperpolarizability (βo) in the solvent is found to be about 83 times larger than that in the gas phase for Si9K5. The frequency-dependent nonlinear optical (NLO) response for the dc-Kerr effect is observed up to 1.3 × 1011 au, indicating an excellent change in refractive index by an externally applied electric field. In addition, natural bonding orbitals obtained from the second-order perturbation analysis show the charge transfer with the donor-acceptor orbitals. Electron localization function and localized orbital locator analyses are also performed to better understand the bonding electrons in designed clusters. The studied Zintl clusters demonstrate the superalkali character in addition to their remarkable optical and nonlinear optical properties.
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- Atazaz Ahsin
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Department of Physics, Arignar Anna Government Arts College Cheyyar 604407 Tamil Nadu India
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- Department of Physics, Government College of Engineering Srirangam Thiruchirappalli 620012 Tamil Nadu India
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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Helmer J, Hepp A, Berger RJF, Lips F. Synthesis and functionalization of the six-vertex anionic amido-substituted silicon cluster [Si 6{N(SiMe 3)Ph} 5] . Dalton Trans 2023; 52:14949-14955. [PMID: 37800884 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt03952d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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The reaction of the six-vertex amido-substituted silicon cluster Si6{N(SiMe3)Ph}6 1 with two equiv. of KC8 results in the abstraction of K{N(SiMe3)Ph} and leads to the contact ion pair 2 including an anionic silicon cluster with two unsubstituted pyramidal vertices. Facile functionalization of 2 was achieved with MeI, SiCl4 and SiBr4 and results in neutral two-fold functionalized silicon clusters.
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- Joschua Helmer
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Corrensstraße 28-30, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Corrensstraße 28-30, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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- Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg, Materialchemie, Jakob-Harringerstr. 2a, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Corrensstraße 28-30, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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Bamberg M, Gasevic T, Bolte M, Virovets A, Lerner HW, Grimme S, Bursch M, Wagner M. Regioselective Derivatization of Silylated [20]Silafulleranes. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:11440-11448. [PMID: 37171917 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Silafulleranes with endohedral Cl- ions are a unique, scarcely explored class of structurally well-defined silicon clusters and host-guest complexes. Herein, we report regioselective derivatization reactions on the siladodecahedrane [nBu4N][Cl@Si20(SiCl3)12Cl8] ([nBu4N][1]), which has its cluster surface decorated with 12 SiCl3 and 8 Cl substituents in perfect Th symmetry. The room-temperature reaction of [nBu4N][1] with excess iBu2AlH in ortho-difluorobenzene (oDFB) furnishes perhydrogenated [nBu4N][Cl@Si20(SiH3)12H8] ([nBu4N][2]) in 50% yield; the non-pyrophoric [2]- is the largest structurally authenticated (by X-ray diffraction) hydridosilane known to date. A simple switch from pure oDFB to an oDFB/Et2O solvent mixture suppresses core hydrogenation and results in the formation of [nBu4N][Cl@Si20(SiH3)12Cl8] ([nBu4N][3]). In addition to the exhaustive Cl/H exchange at all 44 Si-Cl bonds of [1]- and the regioselective 36-fold silyl group hydrogenation, we achieved the simultaneous introduction of Me substituents at all 8 SiCl vertices along with the conversion of all 12 SiCl3 to SiH3 groups by treating [nBu4N][1] with Me2AlH/Me3Al in oDFB ([nBu4N][Cl@Si20(SiH3)12Me8], [nBu4N][4]; 73%). Quantum-chemical free-energy calculations find an SN2-Si-type hydrogenation of the exohedral SiCl3 moieties in [1]- (trigonal-bipyramidal intermediate) slightly preferred over metathesis-like SNi-Si substitutions (four-membered transition state). Cage hydrogenation likely occurs via SNi-Si processes. The experimentally demonstrated influence of an Et2O co-solvent, which drastically increases the respective reaction barriers, is attributed to the increased stability of the resulting iBu2AlH-OEt2 adduct and its higher steric bulk compared to free iBu2AlH.
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- Marcel Bamberg
- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Clausius-Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Beringstraße 4, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Clausius-Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Beringstraße 4, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Maneri AH, Krishnamurty S, Joshi K. Understanding the Stability of an Unprecedented Si-Be Bond within Quantum Confinement. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:14814-14822. [PMID: 37125089 PMCID: PMC10134223 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c01133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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As of today, the Si-Be bond remains underexplored in the literature, and therefore its anomalous behavior continues to be an unsolved puzzle to date. Therefore, the present study aims at evaluating the integrity of an unprecedented Si-Be bond within quantum confinement. To accomplish this, first-principles-based calculation are performed on Be-doped silicon clusters with atomic sizes 6, 7, and 10. Silicon clusters are sequentially doped with one, two, and three Be atoms, and their thermal response is registered in the temperature range of 200-1500 K, which discloses several research findings. During the course of the simulations, the clusters face various thermal events such as solid cluster phase, rapid structural metamorphosis, and fragmentation. Si-Be nanoalloy clusters are noted to be thermally stable at lower temperatures (200-700 K); however, they begins to disintegrate earlier at a temperature as low as 800 K. This lower stability is attributed to the weak nature of Si and Be heteroatomic interactions, which is corroborated from the structural and electronic property analysis of the doped clusters. In addition to this, the performance of Be-doped clusters at finite temperatures is also compared with the thermal response of two other popular systems, viz., C- and B-doped silicon clusters.
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- Asma Harun Maneri
- Physical
and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National
Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune 411008, India
- Academy
of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Gaziabad 201002, India
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- Physical
and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National
Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune 411008, India
- Academy
of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Gaziabad 201002, India
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- Physical
and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National
Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune 411008, India
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Li Y, Cui C. Synthesis of Phosphine-Functionalized Silicon Cubane and Its Oxidative Addition, Giving a Bis(silyl)copper Complex. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:2503-2507. [PMID: 36709431 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A new strategy for the introduction of a second type of Si atom to silicon cubanes has been developed starting from the tricyclic hexasilane dianion [Ar6Si6]2- (Ar = 2,4,6-Me3C6H2). Treatment of the dianion with Ar'SiCl3, followed by KC8, gave new types of octasilacubanes Ar6Ar'2Si8 [Ar' = 2,4,6-iPr2C6H2 (3a), 2-Ph2PC6H4 (3b)] in high yields. Remarkably, treatment of cubane 3b bearing with two phosphine groups with 2 equiv of CuCl in CH2Cl2 yielded the bis(silyl)copper complex via the selective oxidative addition of the newly formed Si-Si bond to Cu ion. Single-crystal X-ray analysis indicated the unique square-planar, four-coordinate Cu cation paired with the [CuCl2]- counteranion.
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- Yang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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Samudre NS, Singh CP, Krishnamurty S. Understanding the thermal stability of a 3d, 4d, and 5d element doped aluminium nanocluster through BOMD simulations. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2022.2153151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Nikhil S. Samudre
- Physical Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-Human Resource Development Centre (CSIR-HRDC) Campus, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Physical Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-Human Resource Development Centre (CSIR-HRDC) Campus, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Physical Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-Human Resource Development Centre (CSIR-HRDC) Campus, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Hunsicker M, Poitiers NE, Huch V, Morgenstern B, Zimmer M, Scheschkewitz D. Interlinkage of a siliconoid with a silsesquioxane: en route to a molecular model system for silicon monoxide. Z Anorg Allg Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202200239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Universitat des Saarlandes General and Inorganic Chemistry Am Markt, Zeile 1Campus Dudweiler 66125 Saarbrücken GERMANY
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Sinha S, Jena P, Giri S. Functionalized nona-silicide [Si 9R 3] Zintl clusters: a new class of superhalogens. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:21105-21111. [PMID: 36018293 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02619h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Superatoms, due to their various applications in redox and materials chemistry, have been a major topic of study in cluster science. Superhalogens constitute a special class of superatoms that mimic the chemistry of halogens and serve as building blocks of novel materials such as super and hyper salts, perovskite-based solar cells, solid-state electrolytes, and ferroelectric materials. These applications have led to a constant search for new class of superhalogens. In this study, using density functional theory, we show that recently synthesized [Si9{Si (tBu)2H}3] and [Si9{Si (TMS)3}3] Zintl clusters not only behave like halogens but also when functionalized with suitable ligands exhibit superhalogen characteristics. Frontier molecular orbital (FMO) analyses give insights into the electron-accepting nature of the Zintl clusters. Additional bonding techniques such as energy density at the bond critical point (BCP) and adaptive natural density partitioning (AdNDP) gives complementary information about the nature of bonding in Si9-based Zintl clusters. The potential of these Zintl clusters in the synthesis of new electrolytes in Li-ion batteries is also investigated.
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- Swapan Sinha
- School of Applied Science and Humanities, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, 721657, India. .,Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Haringhata, 741249, India
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- Physics Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284, USA
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- School of Applied Science and Humanities, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, 721657, India.
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Keuter J, Dimitrova M, Janka O, Hepp A, Berger RJF, Lips F. An Anionic Amido‐Substituted Seven‐Vertex Siliconoid Cluster. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202201473. [PMID: 35652723 PMCID: PMC9543723 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Jan Keuter
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie Corrensstraße 28–30 48149 Münster Germany
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- Paris-Lodron Universität Salzburg Materialchemie Jakob-Harringerstr. 2a 5020 Salzburg Austria
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- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie Corrensstraße 28–30 48149 Münster Germany
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- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie Corrensstraße 28–30 48149 Münster Germany
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- Paris-Lodron Universität Salzburg Materialchemie Jakob-Harringerstr. 2a 5020 Salzburg Austria
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- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie Corrensstraße 28–30 48149 Münster Germany
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Siu TC, Imex Aguirre Cardenas M, Seo J, Boctor K, Shimono MG, Tran IT, Carta V, Su TA. Site‐Selective Functionalization of Sila‐Adamantane and Its Ensuing Optical Effects. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202206877. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202206877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Timothy C. Siu
- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
- Materials Science and Engineering Program University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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Poitiers NE, Huch V, Morgenstern B, Zimmer M, Scheschkewitz D. Siliconoid Expansion by a Single Germanium Atom through Isolated Intermediates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202205399. [PMID: 35502469 PMCID: PMC9401078 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202205399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The growth of (semi-)metal clusters is pivotal for nucleation processes in gaseous and condensed phases. We now report the isolation of intermediates during the expansion of a stable unsaturated silicon cluster (siliconoid) by a single germanium atom through a sequence of substitution, rearrangement and reduction. The reaction of ligato-lithiated hexasilabenzpolarene LiSi6 Tip5 (1Li⋅(thf)2 , Tip=2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl) with GeCl2 ⋅NHC (NHC=1,3-diisopropyl-4,5-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene) initially yields the product with exohedral germanium(II) functionality, which then inserts into an Si-Si bond of the Si6 scaffold. The concomitant transfer of the chloro functionality from germanium to an adjacent silicon preserves the electron-precise nature of the formed endohedral germylene. Full incorporation of the germanium heteroatom to the Si6 Ge cluster core is finally achieved either by reduction under loss of the coordinating NHC or directly by reaction of 1Li⋅(thf)2 with GeCl2 ⋅1,4-dioxane.
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- Nadine E. Poitiers
- Krupp Chair in General and Inorganic ChemistrySaarland UniversityGermany
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- Krupp Chair in General and Inorganic ChemistrySaarland UniversityGermany
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- Krupp Chair in General and Inorganic ChemistrySaarland UniversityGermany
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- Krupp Chair in General and Inorganic ChemistrySaarland UniversityGermany
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Siu TC, Imex Aguirre Cardenas M, Seo J, Boctor K, Shimono MG, Tran IT, Carta V, Su TA. Site‐Selective Functionalization of Sila‐Adamantane and Its Ensuing Optical Effects. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202206877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Timothy C. Siu
- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
- Materials Science and Engineering Program University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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Poitiers NE, Huch V, Morgenstern B, Zimmer M, Scheschkewitz D. Gerüsterweiterung eines Silicoids um ein einzelnes Germaniumatom über isolierte Zwischenprodukte. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202205399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Nadine E. Poitiers
- Krupp Chair in General and Inorganic Chemistry Saarland University Deutschland
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- Krupp Chair in General and Inorganic Chemistry Saarland University Deutschland
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- Krupp Chair in General and Inorganic Chemistry Saarland University Deutschland
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- Krupp Chair in General and Inorganic Chemistry Saarland University Deutschland
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- Krupp Chair in General and Inorganic Chemistry Saarland University Deutschland
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Wallach C, Klein W, Fässler TF. Oxidative coupling of silylated nonagermanide clusters. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:5486-5489. [PMID: 35416209 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc01250b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Polyhedral main group element clusters of tetrel elements are discussed as suitable building units to form atom-precise nano-structures. Herein we report the oxidative coupling of two [Ge9{Si(TMS)3}2]2- clusters (TMS = trimethylsilyl) resulting in the dimeric cluster [Ge9{Si(TMS)3}2]22-. The dimer is structurally characterized as the [NHCiPrCu]+ adduct {NHCiPrCu[Ge9{Si(TMS)3}2]}2 [NHCiPr = 1,3-di(isopropyl)imidazolylidine]. The linkage of two molecular [Ge9{Si(TMS)3}2]2- anions under formation of an exo Ge-Ge bond occurs in the presence of Cy2BCl (Cy = cyclohexyl) and is mediated by trace amounts of oxygen as indicated by the isolation of the by-product Cy2B-O-BCy2.
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- Christoph Wallach
- Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747 Garching, Germany.
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- Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747 Garching, Germany.
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- Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747 Garching, Germany.
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Helmer J, Hepp A, Lips F. A strongly twisted SiSi bond with resemblance to a buckled dimer in an unexpected isomer of hexasilabenzene. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:3254-3262. [PMID: 35133371 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt00259k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The reductive debromination of {N(SiMe3)Ph}SiBr31 with Rieke magnesium yields the six-vertex amido-substituted silicon cluster 2 with zwitterionic character that represents an unprecedented isomer of hexasilabenzene. The topology of Si1 and Si2 in 2 has bonding features of a highly twisted disilene and resembles that of a buckled dimer of Si(100)2 × 1 reconstructed surfaces. Cluster 2 forms the adducts 3 and 4 with NHCMe4 and DMAP, respectively. The NHC adduct 4 additionally coordinates to BH3 which affords the saturated cluster BH3NHCMe4Si6{N(SiMe3)Ph}6 (5). Furthermore, 2 undergoes addition with MeI and iodine to form the halogenated silicon clusters 6 and 7, respectively.
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- Joschua Helmer
- Westfälische-Willhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Corrensstraße 28-30, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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- Westfälische-Willhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Corrensstraße 28-30, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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- Westfälische-Willhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Corrensstraße 28-30, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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Jantke LA, Karttunen AJ, Fässler TF. Chemi-Inspired Silicon Allotropes-Experimentally Accessible Si 9 Cages as Proposed Building Block for 1D Polymers, 2D Sheets, Single-Walled Nanotubes, and Nanoparticles. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27030822. [PMID: 35164088 PMCID: PMC8838638 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27030822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Numerous studies on silicon allotropes with three-dimensional networks or as materials of lower dimensionality have been carried out in the past. Herein, allotropes of silicon, which are based on structures of experimentally accessible [Si9]4− clusters known as stable anionic molecular species in neat solids and in solution, are predicted. Hypothetical oxidative coupling under the formation of covalent Si–Si bonds between the clusters leads to uncharged two-, one- and zero-dimensional silicon nanomaterials not suffering from dangling bonds. A large variety of structures are derived and investigated by quantum chemical calculations. Their relative energies are in the same range as experimentally known silicene, and some structures are even energetically more favorable than silicene. Significantly smaller relative energies are reached by the insertion of linkers in form of tetrahedrally connected Si atoms. A chessboard pattern built of Si9 clusters bridged by tetrahedrally connected Si atoms represents a two-dimensional silicon species with remarkably lower relative energy in comparison with silicene. We discuss the structural and electronic properties of the predicted silicon materials and their building block nido-[Si9]4– based on density functional calculations. All considered structures are semiconductors. The band structures exclusively show bands of low dispersion, as is typical for covalent polymers.
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- Laura-Alice Jantke
- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany;
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Aalto University, 00076 Aalto, Finland
- Correspondence: (A.J.K.); (T.F.F.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany;
- Correspondence: (A.J.K.); (T.F.F.)
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The continuously decreasing size of device features in microelectronics draws growing attention to the structuring of silicon at the molecular level with powerful tools provided by synthetic chemistry. Silicon clusters are of particular importance in this regard not only as potential precursors for silicon deposition but also as well-defined model systems for bulk and surfaces of silicon at the nanoscale as well as possible starting points for future construction of molecularly precise device structures. This review aims to give a comprehensive overview about the state of the art in the synthesis of molecular silicon clusters, which are grouped into (1) electron-precise saturated clusters, (2) soluble polyhedral Zintl anions, and (3) unsaturated silicon clusters, the so-called siliconoids. Particular attention is paid to functionalization as it is generally considered a necessary prerequisite for the design and construction of more extended systems. The interrelations between the three different classes of molecular silicon clusters, e.g., arising from the introduction of negatively charged functional groups, are highlighted on grounds of NMR properties and computed electronic structures.
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- Yannic Heider
- Chair of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Chair of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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Bamberg M, Bursch M, Hansen A, Brandl M, Sentis G, Kunze L, Bolte M, Lerner HW, Grimme S, Wagner M. [Cl@Si 20H 20] -: Parent Siladodecahedrane with Endohedral Chloride Ion. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:10865-10871. [PMID: 34255517 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Fullerenes and diamondoids are at the core of nanoscience. Comparable monodisperse silicon analogues are scarce. Herein, we report the synthesis of the parent siladodecahedrane, which represents the largest Platonic solid. It shares its pattern of pentagonal faces with the smallest fullerene, C20, and its saturated, H-terminated skeleton with diamondoids. Similar to endofullerenes, the silicon cage encapsulates a chloride ion ([Cl@Si20H20]-); similar to diamondoids, its Si-H termini offer a wealth of opportunities for further functionalization. Mere treatment with chloromethanes leads to the perchlorinated cluster [Cl@Si20Cl20]-. Both compounds were characterized by mass spectrometry, X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, and quantum-chemical calculations. The experimentally determined 35Cl resonances of the endohedral chloride ions are particularly diagnostic to probe the Cl- → Si20 interaction strength as a function of the different surface substituents, as we have proven by high-level computational analyses.
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- Marcel Bamberg
- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Beringstraße 4, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Beringstraße 4, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmazeutische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institut für Pharmazeutische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Beringstraße 4, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Beringstraße 4, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Wallach C, Geitner FS, Fässler TF. FLP-type nitrile activation and cyclic ether ring-opening by halo-borane nonagermanide-cluster Lewis acid-base pairs. Chem Sci 2021; 12:6969-6976. [PMID: 34123324 PMCID: PMC8153081 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc00811k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Even though homoatomic nine-atom germanium clusters are known for two decades, their chemical properties are still rarely investigated. We now discovered that Zintl ion main group-element clusters possess a reactive lone pair of electrons, and we show a new pathway to bind ligands with functional groups to the [Ge9] cluster core through Ge-C bond formation. We report on the reactivity of [Ge9{Si(TMS)3}2]2- (TMS = trimethylsilyl) towards a series of Lewis acidic bromo-boranes. The reaction of [Ge9{Si(TMS)3}2]2- and DAB o-tol-Br (DAB = 1,3,2-diazaborolidine; o-tol = 2-methylphenyl) resulted, depending on the reaction protocol, either in the formation of [Ge9{Si(TMS)3}2DAB o-tol]- (1a) with direct Ge-B interactions, or in [Ge9{Si(TMS)3}2(CH2)4O-DAB o-tol]- (2a) featuring a ring-opened thf moiety. Ring opening reactions occur for all bulkier DABR-Br [R: o-xyl (2,6-dimethylphenyl), Mes (2,4,6-trimethylphenyl), Dipp (2,6-diisopropylphenyl)], DAB(ii)Dipp-Br and acyclic ( i Pr2N)2BBr without Ge-B bond formation as shown for the structural characterization of the ring-opened products of thf (3, 4) and trimethylene oxide (5). In contrast to thf, the activation of CH3CN requires the simultaneous presence of Lewis-acid and Lewis-basic reactants allowing the formation of [Ge9{Si(TMS)3}2CH3C[double bond, length as m-dash]N-DABMes]- (6a). Within the presented compounds, 3 and 4 show an unusual substitution pattern of the three ligands at the [Ge9] core in the solid state. The [Ge9] cluster/borane systems correspond to intermolecular frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs), in which the [Ge9] cluster with several lone pairs represents the Lewis base, and the borane is the Lewis acid.
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- Christoph Wallach
- Department Chemie, Technische Universität München Lichtenbergstraße 4 85747 Garching b. München Germany
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- Department Chemie, Technische Universität München Lichtenbergstraße 4 85747 Garching b. München Germany
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- Department Chemie, Technische Universität München Lichtenbergstraße 4 85747 Garching b. München Germany
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Boyko M, Hlukhyy V, Jin H, Dums J, Fässler TF. Extracting [Pd@Sn
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Clusters from their Binary Alloys Using “
Metal Scissors”. Z Anorg Allg Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202000061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Marina Boyko
- Department of Chemistry Technische Universität München Lichtenbergstraße 4 85747 Garching Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Technische Universität München Lichtenbergstraße 4 85747 Garching Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Technische Universität München Lichtenbergstraße 4 85747 Garching Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Technische Universität München Lichtenbergstraße 4 85747 Garching Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Technische Universität München Lichtenbergstraße 4 85747 Garching Germany
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Heider Y, Willmes P, Huch V, Zimmer M, Scheschkewitz D. Boron and Phosphorus Containing Heterosiliconoids: Stable p- and n-Doped Unsaturated Silicon Clusters. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:19498-19504. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yannic Heider
- Krupp-Chair for General and Inorganic Chemistry, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Krupp-Chair for General and Inorganic Chemistry, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Krupp-Chair for General and Inorganic Chemistry, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Krupp-Chair for General and Inorganic Chemistry, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Krupp-Chair for General and Inorganic Chemistry, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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