scholarly journals A new family of [IrCl5(NO)]-salts. Structural diversity tuned by aryl embraces

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (a1) ◽  
pp. C649-C649
Author(s):  
Florencia Di Salvo ◽  
Ana Foi ◽  
Ricardo Baggio ◽  
Damian Bikiel ◽  
Fabio Doctorovich

The interactions experimented by multiple phenyl or other aromatic groups in crystals have been described as ``embraces'' since 1995, when Dance and co-workers developed the embrace paradigm as an important and widespread tool of supramolecular chemistry. There are three main classes of Multiple Phenyl Embraces (MPE) depending on the total number of phenyl rings (Ph) located in the interaction domain: sextuple (6PE), quadruple (4PE), and double phenyl embrace (2PE) [1]. Recently, an accurate theoretical evaluation of the MPE motifs between PPh4+was presented by Novoa et al [2]. In our laboratory we demonstrated that by changing the counterion of the [IrCl5(NO)]-salts from K+to PPh4+, it was possible to stabilize an excited state of the metal complex anion. The electronic distribution of the IrNO moiety in K[IrCl5(NO)] can be depicted as the closed-shell electronic structure IrIII–NO+. However, in PPh4[IrCl5(NO)] an unprecedented electronic perturbation takes place favouring the open-shell electronic structure IrIv–NO* [3]. These results together with the interesting systematic studies on MPE, encouraged us to explore the synthesis of new phosphonium salts. In this work we report new phosphonium ions of the type Ph3PR+and five new Ph3PR[IrCl5(NO)] salts (R = aryl, methylaryl). Structural analyses of these compounds were done in the context of the multiple embraces motifs. For the new unsymmetrical [IrCl5(NO)]-salts, the supramolecular arrangements are different from the one observed for the PPh4+one. In the last one, the 4PE infinite chains run parallel to the columns described by the anions [3] and for the others, the presence of bulkier substituents give place to symmetries that favours other kinds of aryl embraces resulting in a side by side location of the anions. Finally, DFT calculations were performed to evaluate the theoretical concerns regarding the structural behaviour, as well as the electronic distribution along the family of compounds.

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongxin Chen ◽  
Wenqiang Li ◽  
Md Abdus Sabuj ◽  
Yuan Li ◽  
Weiya Zhu ◽  
...  

AbstractMost organic semiconductors have closed-shell electronic structures, however, studies have revealed open-shell character emanating from design paradigms such as narrowing the bandgap and controlling the quinoidal-aromatic resonance of the π-system. A fundamental challenge is understanding and identifying the molecular and electronic basis for the transition from a closed- to open-shell electronic structure and connecting the physicochemical properties with (opto)electronic functionality. Here, we report donor-acceptor organic semiconductors comprised of diketopyrrolopyrrole and naphthobisthiadiazole acceptors and various electron-rich donors commonly utilized in constructing high-performance organic semiconductors. Nuclear magnetic resonance, electron spin resonance, magnetic susceptibility measurements, single-crystal X-ray studies, and computational investigations connect the bandgap, π-extension, structural, and electronic features with the emergence of various degrees of diradical character. This work systematically demonstrates the widespread diradical character in the classical donor-acceptor organic semiconductors and provides distinctive insights into their ground state structure-property relationship.


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (24) ◽  
pp. 13373-13377
Author(s):  
Zexing Qu

The electronic structure and the reactivity of singlet oxygen with respect to two typical reactions.


2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (10) ◽  
pp. 4157-4164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuvam Pramanik ◽  
Suhana Dutta ◽  
Sima Roy ◽  
Soumitra Dinda ◽  
Tapas Ghorui ◽  
...  

Luminescent nickel(ii) complexes have been synthesized using redox-active azo-oximes. The superior π-acidity of the organic backbone is a key to the isolation of Ni(ii) anion radicals.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashima Bajaj ◽  
Md. Ehesan Ali

The recent accomplishments in the design of molecular nanowires characterised by an increasing conductance with length has embarked the origin of extraordinary new family of molecular junctions referred to as "anti-ohmic" wires. Herein, this highly desirable, non-classical behavior, has been examined for the longer enough molecules exhibiting pronounced diradical character in their ground state within the unrestricted DFT formalism with spin and spatial symmetry breaking. We demonstrate that highly conjugated acenes signals higher resistance in open-shell singlet (OSS) configuration as compared to their closed-shell counterparts. This anomaly has been further put to proof for experimentally certified cumulene wires, which reveals phenomenal modulation in the transport characteristics such that an increasing conductance is observed in closed-shell limit, while higher cumulenes in OSS ground state yields a regular decay of conductance.


1989 ◽  
Vol 169 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Cogordan

AbstractMolecular ab initio seIf-consistent calculations on clusters simulating the copper-oxygen layers in the Yba2Cu3O6;δ are reported. The electronic structure, of this layer, was computed for different sets of values of the lattice parameters (a,b,c), according to their dependence on the oxygen stiochiometry. For the molecular orbitals , two different electronic occupations are considered, a closed shell and an open shell. For the open shell, an electron has been excited to the first virtual molecular orbital. It is found that this excited state has lower energy than the closed shell configuration for 0 < δ < 1. Molecular energies an electronic population are reported.


2001 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Fátima C. Guedes Da Silva ◽  
Luísa M. D. R. S. Martins ◽  
João J. R. Fraústo Da Silva ◽  
Armando J. L. Pombeiro

The organonitrile or carbonyl complexes cis-[ReCl(RCN)(dppe)2] (1) (R = 4-Et2NC6H4 (1a), 4-MeOC6H4 (1b), 4-MeC6H4 (1c), C6H5 (1d), 4-FC6H4 (1e), 4-ClC6H4 (1f), 4-O2NC6H4 (1g), 4-ClC6H4CH2 (1h), t-Bu (1i); dppe = Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2), or cis-[ReCl(CO)(dppe)2] (2), as well as trans-[FeBr(RCN)(depe)2]BF4 (3) (R = 4-MeOC6H4 (3a), 4-MeC6H4 (3b), C6H5 (3c), 4-FC6H4 (3d), 4-O2NC6H4 (3e), Me (3f), Et (3g), 4-MeOC6H4CH2 (3h); depe = Et2PCH2CH2PEt2), novel trans-[FeBr(CO)(depe)2]BF4 (4) and trans-[FeBr2(depe)2] (5) undergo, as revealed by cyclic voltammetry at a Pt-electrode and in aprotic non-aqueous medium, two consecutive reversible or partly reversible one-electron oxidations assigned as ReI → ReII → ReIII or FeII → FeIII → FeIV. The corresponding values of the oxidation potentials IE1/2ox and IIE1/2ox (waves I and II, respectively) correlate with the Pickett's and Lever's electrochemical ligand and metal site parameters. This allows to estimate these parameters for the various nitrile ligands, depe and binding sites (for the first time for a FeIII/IV couple). The electrochemical ligand parameter show dependence on the "electron-richness" of the metal centre. The values of IE1/2ox for the ReI complexes provide some supporting for a curved overall relationship with the sum of Lever's electrochemical ligand parameter. The Pickett parametrization for closed-shell complexes is extended now also to 17-electron complexes, i.e. with the 15-electron ReII and FeIII centres in cis-{[ReCl(dppe)2]}+ and trans-{FeBr(depe)2}2+, respectively.


1979 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Wesdemiotis ◽  
H. Schwarz ◽  
C. C. Van de Sande ◽  
F. Van Gaever

Abstract The investigation of several 13carbon and deuterium labelled n-butyl and n-pentyl benzenes demonstrate that chemical ionization (reagent gas: methane) induces specific carbon-carbon bond cleavages of the alkyl group. The extent of competing reaction channels as for instance direct alkene elimination versus dealkylation/reprotonation is analyzed. Partial hydrogen exchange processes between reagent ions and substrate molecules are restricted to the phenyl ring. Intramolecular exchange reactions between the side chain and the aromatic ring which are typical for the open shell molecular ions of alkyl benzenes are not observed for analogous closed shell cations.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Schütz ◽  
Christian Gemel ◽  
Maximilian Muhr ◽  
Christian Jandl ◽  
Samia Kahlal ◽  
...  

Cu/Al cluster growth reactions leading to open- and closed-shell superatoms are investigated. Therein, LIFDI-MS is presented as a powerful technique for the in situ detection of cluster identities and reactivity patterns.


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