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Liu Z, Zhao J, Yang Y, Yan Y, Yao X, Jiao J, Zhang F, Jia J, Li Y. Heterodinuclear AuNi(CO) n- ( n = 2-3) Complexes Featuring an Anionic Au - as a Donor Ligand for Ni(CO) n. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:6917-6926. [PMID: 39133664 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c03782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/23/2024]
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The gas-phase heterodinuclear gold-nickel carbonyl AuNi(CO)n- (n = 2-3) anion complexes were mass-selected and studied by using photoelectron velocity-map imaging spectroscopy in combination with quantum-chemical calculations, which can establish both the geometries and electronic structures of these anions. These complexes are all confirmed to be singlet ground states with one gold atom bonded at the central nickel atom of the Ni(CO)n moieties. Further bonding analyses indicate that unlike the alkali-metals as covalently bonded ligands to form the electron-sharing alkali-metal-nickel bonding in the alkali-metal-nickel carbonyl anionic complexes, the Au atom in the AuNi(CO)n- complexes serves as a datively bound ligand for Ni(CO)n to form gold-to-nickel dative bonding.
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- Zhiling Liu
- School of Chemical and Material Science, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials, the Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University. No. 339, Taiyu Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical and Material Science, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials, the Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University. No. 339, Taiyu Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical and Material Science, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials, the Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University. No. 339, Taiyu Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical and Material Science, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials, the Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University. No. 339, Taiyu Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical and Material Science, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials, the Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University. No. 339, Taiyu Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical and Material Science, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials, the Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University. No. 339, Taiyu Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical and Material Science, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials, the Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University. No. 339, Taiyu Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical and Material Science, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials, the Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University. No. 339, Taiyu Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Geographical Sciences, Shanxi Normal University. No. 339, Taiyu Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030031, People's Republic of China
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Liu Z, Yang Y, Yan Y, Yao X, Zhang F, Jia J, Li Y. Structural and Chemical Bonding Properties of AuS 2H 0/-: A Photoelectron Velocity-Map Imaging Spectroscopic and Theoretical Study. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:1646-1655. [PMID: 38414332 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c00089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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Mass-selected photoelectron velocity-map imaging spectroscopy was employed to investigate the geometrical and electronic properties of AuS2H-/0. The comprehensive comparison between the experiment and theoretical calculations establishes that the ground-state AuS2H- anion has a mixed-ligand structure [SAuSH]- with an unsymmetrical S-Au-S unit. Further chemical bonding analyses on AuS2H and comparison with the isoelectronic AuS2- suggest that the unique S-Au-S unit in these species features two three-center, three-electron π-bonding, and one three-center, two-electron σ-bonding. The isoelectronic replacement of the extra electron in AuS2- by the H atom can lead to σ bonding evolution from the electron-sharing bond to the dative bond. These findings are conducive to the fundamental understanding of the intrinsic stability of thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters and their delicate ligand design to achieve desirable properties.
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- Zhiling Liu
- School of Chemical and Material Science, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials, The Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University. No. 339, Taiyu Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical and Material Science, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials, The Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University. No. 339, Taiyu Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical and Material Science, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials, The Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University. No. 339, Taiyu Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical and Material Science, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials, The Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University. No. 339, Taiyu Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical and Material Science, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials, The Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University. No. 339, Taiyu Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical and Material Science, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials, The Ministry of Education, Shanxi Normal University. No. 339, Taiyu Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Geographical Sciences, Shanxi Normal University, No. 339, Taiyu Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030031, People's Republic of China
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Ju B, Zhang Z, Kong X, Zou J, Li G, Xie H, Jiang L. Photoelectron velocity map imaging spectroscopy of group 14 elements and iron tetracarbonyl anionic clusters MFe(CO)4- (M = Si, Ge, Sn). J Chem Phys 2024; 160:044307. [PMID: 38294311 DOI: 10.1063/5.0187204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024] Open
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The heteronuclear group 14 M-iron tetracarbonyl clusters MFe(CO)4- (M = Si, Ge, Sn) anions have been generated in the gas phase by laser ablation of M-Fe alloys and detected by mass and photoelectron spectroscopy. With the support of quantum chemical calculations, the geometric and electronic structures of MFe(CO)4- (M = Si, Ge, Sn) are elucidated, which shows that all the MFe(CO)4- clusters have the M-Fe bonded, iron-centered, and carbonyl-terminal M-Fe(CO)4 structure with the C2v symmetry and a 2B2 ground state. The M-Fe bond can be considered a double bond, which includes one σ electron sharing bond and one π dative bond. The C-O bonds in those anionic clusters are calculated to be elongated to different extents, and in particular, the C-O bonds in SiFe(CO)4- are elongated more. The Si-Fe alloy thus turns out to be a better collocation to activate the C-O bonds in the gas phase among group 14. The present findings have important implications for the rational development of high-performance catalysts with isolated metal atoms/clusters dispersed on supports.
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- Bangmin Ju
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of New Optoelectronic Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anyang Normal University, Anyang 455000, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
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Chi C, Yang Z, Zeng B, Qin Q, Meng L. Spectroscopic characterization of heteronuclear iron-chromium carbonyl cluster anions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:32173-32183. [PMID: 37986618 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp04248k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Infrared photodissociation spectroscopy has been used to investigate CrFe(CO)n- (n = 4-9) clusters in the gas phase. Comparison of the observed spectra in the carbonyl stretching frequency region with those predicted for low-lying isomers by DFT calculations showed that the observed CrFe(CO)n- (n = 4-8) clusters could be characterized to have Cr-Fe bonded (OC)4Fe-Cr(CO)n-4 structures. The coexistence of isomers with the (OC)Fe-Cr(CO)5 and (OC)3Fe-Cr(CO)4 structures was also observed for CrFe(CO)6- and CrFe(CO)7- anions, respectively. The CrFe(CO)n- (n = 4-8) complexes were strongly bonded systems. The CrFe(CO)8- complex was a coordination-saturated cluster, and the CrFe(CO)9- anion was characterized to contain a CrFe(CO)8- core tagged by one CO molecule. Bonding analysis revealed that the Cr-Fe bonds in the CrFe(CO)n- (n = 4-8) clusters were predominantly σ-type single bonds. The iron center in the Fe(CO)4 moiety and the chromium center in the Cr(CO)5 moiety fulfilled the 18-electron configuration for the CrFe(CO)n- (n = 4-6) clusters. As in the CrFe(CO)n- (n = 7, 8) complexes, the iron center in the Fe(CO)4 moiety exhibited a 17-electron configuration, while the chromium center in the Cr(CO)4 moiety exhibited a 16-electron configuration. These findings provide valuable insights into the structure and bonding mechanism of heterometallic carbonyl clusters.
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- Chaoxian Chi
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Molecular Analysis of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Mass Spectrometry, School of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province 315211, China.
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 330013, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 330013, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 330013, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 330013, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 330013, China.
- Ningbo Institute of Life and Health Industry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315020, China
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Yang J, Zhang J, Du S, Li G, Zou J, Jing Q, Xie H, Jiang L. Photoelectron imaging spectroscopic signatures of CO activation by the heterotrinuclear titanium-nickel clusters. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.07.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Mason JL, Folluo CN, Jarrold CC. More than little fragments of matter: Electronic and molecular structures of clusters. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:200901. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0054222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Jarrett L. Mason
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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