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Haiyan Cui Zhao-Bo Hu Chao Chen Huapeng Ruan Yong Fang Li Zhang Yue Zhao Gengwen Tan You Song Xinping Wang 《Chemical science》2021,12(29):9998
Triplet diradicals have attracted tremendous attention due to their promising application in organic spintronics, organic magnets and spin filters. However, very few examples of triplet diradicals with singlet–triplet energy gaps (ΔEST) over 0.59 kcal mol−1 (298 K) have been reported to date. In this work, we first proved that the dianion of 2,7-di-tert-butyl-pyrene-4,5,9,10-tetraone (2,7-tBu2-PTO) was a triplet ground state diradical in the magnesium complex 1 with a singlet–triplet energy gap ΔEST = 0.94 kcal mol−1 (473 K). This is a rare example of stable diradicals with singlet–triplet energy gaps exceeding the thermal energy at room temperature (298 K). Moreover, the iron analog 2 containing the 2,7-tBu2-PTO diradical dianion was isolated, which was the first single-molecule magnet bridged by a diradical dianion. When 2 was doubly reduced to the dianion salt 2K2, single-molecule magnetism was switched off, highlighting the importance of diradicals in single-molecule magnetism.We report a triplet diradical dianion in magnesium complex with ΔEST = 0.94 kcal mol−1 (473 K). Its iron analog is the first single-molecule magnet bridged by a diradical dianion, and the SMM property is switched off through two-electron reduction. 相似文献
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Itai Schlesinger Natalia E. Powers-Riggs Jenna L. Logsdon Yue Qi Stephen A. Miller Roel Tempelaar Ryan M. Young Michael R. Wasielewski 《Chemical science》2020,11(35):9532
Organic donor–acceptor (D–A) co-crystals have attracted much interest due to their important optical and electronic properties. Co-crystals having ⋯DADA⋯ π-stacked morphologies are especially interesting because photoexcitation produces a charge-transfer (CT) exciton, D˙+–A˙−, between adjacent D–A molecules. Although several studies have reported on the steady-state optical properties of this type of CT exciton, very few have measured the dynamics of its formation and decay in a single D–A co-crystal. We have co-crystallized a peri-xanthenoxanthene (PXX) donor with a N,N-bis(3-pentyl)-2,5,8,11-tetraphenylperylene-3,4:9,10-bis(dicarboximide) (Ph4PDI) acceptor to give an orthorhombic PXX–Ph4PDI ⋯DADA⋯ π-stacked co-crystal with a CT transition dipole moment that is perpendicular to the transition moments for Sn ← S0 excitation of PXX and Ph4PDI. Using polarized, broadband, femtosecond pump–probe microscopy, we have determined that selective photoexcitation of Ph4PDI in the single co-crystal results in CT exciton formation within the 300 fs instrument response time. At early times (0.3 ≤ t ≤ 500 ps), the CT excitons decay with a t−1/2 dependence, which is attributed to CT biexciton annihilation within the one-dimensional ⋯DADA⋯ π-stacks producing high-energy, long-lived (>8 ns) electron–hole pairs in the crystal. These energetic charge carriers may prove useful in applications ranging from photovoltaics and opto-electronics to photocatalysis.Femtosecond transient absorption microscopy of donor–acceptor single co-crystals shows that photogenerated charge transfer excitons in one-dimensional donor–acceptor π stacks annihilate to produce high-energy, long-lived electrons and holes. 相似文献
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Zhou Lu Bhaskar Chilukuri Chi Yang Abdel-Monem M. Rawashdeh Ravi K. Arvapally Sammer M. Tekarli Xiaoping Wang Christian T. Cardenas Thomas R. Cundari Mohammad A. Omary 《Chemical science》2020,11(41):11179
An efficient strategy for designing charge-transfer complexes using coinage metal cyclic trinuclear complexes (CTCs) is described herein. Due to opposite quadrupolar electrostatic contributions from metal ions and ligand substituents, [Au(μ-Pz-(i-C3H7)2)]3·[Ag(μ-Tz-(n-C3F7)2)]3 (Pz = pyrazolate, Tz = triazolate) has been obtained and its structure verified by single crystal X-ray diffraction – representing the 1st crystallographically-verified stacked adduct of monovalent coinage metal CTCs. Abundant supramolecular interactions with aggregate covalent bonding strength arise from a combination of M–M′ (Au → Ag), metal–π, π–π interactions and hydrogen bonding in this charge-transfer complex, according to density functional theory analyses, yielding a computed binding energy of 66 kcal mol−1 between the two trimer moieties – a large value for intermolecular interactions between adjacent d10 centres (nearly doubling the value for a recently-claimed Au(i) → Cu(i) polar-covalent bond: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2017, 114, E5042) – which becomes 87 kcal mol−1 with benzene stacking. Surprisingly, DFT analysis suggests that: (a) some other literature precedents should have attained a stacked product akin to the one herein, with similar or even higher binding energy; and (b) a high overall intertrimer bonding energy by inferior electrostatic assistance, underscoring genuine orbital overlap between M and M′ frontier molecular orbitals in such polar-covalent M–M′ bonds in this family of molecules. The Au → Ag bonding is reminiscent of classical Werner-type coordinate-covalent bonds such as H3N: → Ag in [Ag(NH3)2]+, as demonstrated herein quantitatively. Solid-state and molecular modeling illustrate electron flow from the π-basic gold trimer to the π-acidic silver trimer with augmented contributions from ligand-to-ligand’ (LL′CT) and metal-to-ligand (MLCT) charge transfer.A stacked Ag3–Au3 bonded (66 kcal mol−1) complex obtained crystallographically exhibits charge-transfer characteristics arising from multiple cooperative supramolecular interactions. 相似文献
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Sascha Reith Serhiy Demeshko Beatrice Battistella Alexander Reckziegel Christian Schneider Andreas Stoy Crispin Lichtenberg Franc Meyer Dominik Munz C. Gunnar Werncke 《Chemical science》2022,13(26):7907
Imidyl and nitrene metal species play an important role in the N-functionalisation of unreactive C–H bonds as well as the aziridination of olefines. We report on the synthesis of the trigonal imido iron complexes [Fe(NMes)L2]0,− (L = –N{Dipp}SiMe3); Dipp = 2,6-diisopropyl-phenyl; Mes = (2,4,6-trimethylphenyl) via reaction of mesityl azide (MesN3) with the linear iron precursors [FeL2]0,−. UV-vis-, EPR-, 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy, magnetometry, and computational methods suggest for the reduced form an electronic structure as a ferromagnetically coupled iron(ii) imidyl radical, whereas oxidation leads to mixed iron(iii) imidyl and electrophilic iron(ii) nitrene character. Reactivity studies show that both complexes are capable of H atom abstraction from C–H bonds. Further, the reduced form [Fe(NMes)L2]− reacts nucleophilically with CS2 by inserting into the imido iron bond, as well as electrophilically with CO under nitrene transfer. The neutral [Fe(NMes)L2] complex shows enhanced electrophilic behavior as evidenced by nitrene transfer to a phosphine, yet in combination with an overall reduced reactivity.A pair of trigonal imido iron complexes ([Fe(NMes)L2]0,−) in two oxidation states is reported. The anionic complex K{crypt.222}[Fe(NMes)L2] is best described as an iron(ii) imide. 相似文献
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Rui Guo Xin Zhang Tong Li Qianli Li David A. Ruiz Liu Leo Liu Chen-Ho Tung Lingbing Kong 《Chemical science》2022,13(8):2303
A cationic terminal iminoborane [Mes*N B ← IPr2Me2][AlBr4] (3+[AlBr4]−) (Mes* = 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenyl and IPr2Me2 = 1,3-diisopropyl-4,5-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene) has been synthesized and characterized. The employment of an aryl group and N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand enables 3+[AlBr4]− to exhibit both B-centered Lewis acidity and BN multiple bond reactivities, thus allowing for the construction of tri-coordinate boron cations 5+–12+. More importantly, initial reactions involving coordination, addition, and [2 + 3] cycloadditions have been observed for the cationic iminoborane, demonstrating the potential to build numerous organoboron species via several synthetic routes.An NHC-stabilized aryliminoboryl cation exhibits both boron-centered Lewis acidity and multiple bond reactivity and could be utilized as an effective synthon for unusual cationic boron species. 相似文献
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Zhi-Rong Tan Yu-Qin Xing Jing-Zhao Cheng Guang Zhang Zhao-Qi Shen Yu-Jie Zhang Guangfu Liao Long Chen Shi-Yong Liu 《Chemical science》2022,13(6):1725
3,4-Ethylene dioxythiophene (EDOT), as a monomer of commercial conductive poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene) (PEDOT), has been facilely incorporated into a series of new π-conjugated polymer-based photocatalysts, i.e., BSO2–EDOT, DBT–EDOT, Py–EDOT and DFB–EDOT, through atom-economic C–H direct arylation polymerization (DArP). The photocatalytic hydrogen production (PHP) test shows that donor–acceptor (D–A)-type BSO2–EDOT renders the highest hydrogen evolution rate (HER) among the linear conjugated polymers (CPs) ever reported. A HER up to 0.95 mmol h−1/6 mg under visible light irradiation and an unprecedented apparent quantum yield of 13.6% at 550 nm are successfully achieved. Note that the photocatalytic activities of the C–H/C–Br coupling-derived EDOT-based CPs are superior to those of their counterparts derived from the classical C–Sn/C–Br Stille coupling, demonstrating that EDOT is a promising electron-rich building block which can be facilely integrated into CP-based photocatalysts. Systematic studies reveal that the enhanced water wettability by the integration of polar BSO2 with hydrophilic EDOT, the increased electron-donating ability by O–C p–π conjugation, the improved electron transfer by D–A architecture, broad light harvesting, and the nano-sized colloidal character in a H2O/NMP mixed solvent rendered BSO2–EDOT as one of the best CP photocatalysts toward PHP.The excellent reactivity toward C–H direct arylation, water wettability and O–C p–π conjugation endow EDOT to be an attractive electron donor unit for CP photocatalysts, yielding an unprecedented hydrogen evolution rate up to 0.95 mmol h−1/6 mg catalyst. 相似文献
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Zhen-Ling Wang Teng-Teng Chen Wei-Jia Chen Wan-Lu Li Jing Zhao Xue-Lian Jiang Jun Li Lai-Sheng Wang Han-Shi Hu 《Chemical science》2022,13(34):10082
The concept of metalla-aromaticity proposed by Thorn–Hoffmann (Nouv. J. Chim. 1979, 3, 39) has been expanded to organometallic molecules of transition metals that have more than one independent electron-delocalized system. Lanthanides, with highly contracted 4f atomic orbitals, are rarely found in multiply aromatic systems. Here we report the discovery of a doubly aromatic triatomic lanthanide-boron molecule PrB2− based on a joint photoelectron spectroscopy and quantum chemical investigation. Global minimum structural searches reveal that PrB2− has a C2v triangular structure with a paramagnetic triplet 3B2 electronic ground state, which can be viewed as featuring a trivalent Pr(III,f2) and B24−. Chemical bonding analyses show that this cyclo-PrB2− species is the smallest 4f-metalla-aromatic system exhibiting σ and π double aromaticity and multiple Pr–B bonding characters. It also sheds light on the formation of the rare B24− tetraanion by the high-lying 5d orbitals of the 4f-elements, completing the isoelectronic B24−, C22−, N2, and O22+ series.We report the smallest 4f-metalla-aromatic molecule of PrB2− exhibiting σ and π double aromaticity and multiple Pr–B bond characters. 相似文献
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Fang-Zhou Xu Ling Zhu Hai-Hao Han Jian-Wei Zou Yi Zang Jia Li Tony D. James Xiao-Peng He Cheng-Yun Wang 《Chemical science》2022,13(32):9373
Luminogens characteristic of aggregation-induced emission (AIEgens) have been extensively exploited for the development of imaging-guided photodynamic therapeutic (PDT) agents. However, intramolecular rotation of donor–acceptor (D–A) type AIEgens favors non-radiative decay of photonic energy which results in unsatisfactory fluorescence quantum and singlet oxygen yields. To address this issue, we developed several molecularly engineered AIEgens with partially “locked” molecular structures enhancing both fluorescence emission and the production of triplet excitons. A triphenylphosphine group was introduced to form a D–A conjugate, improving water solubility and the capacity for mitochondrial localization of the resulting probes. Experimental and theoretical analyses suggest that the much higher quantum and singlet oxygen yield of a structurally “significantly-locked” probe (LOCK-2) than its “partially locked” (LOCK-1) and “unlocked” equivalent (LOCK-0) is a result of suppressed AIE and twisted intramolecular charge transfer. LOCK-2 was also used for the mitochondrial-targeting, fluorescence image-guided PDT of liver cancer cells.Luminogens characteristic of aggregation-induced emission (AIEgens) have been engineered for the development of imaging-guided photodynamic therapeutic (PDT) agents. 相似文献
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Manhong Li Siqi Liu Haoshi Bao Qini Li Yi-Hui Deng Tian-Yu Sun Leifeng Wang 《Chemical science》2022,13(17):4909
Organoboron compounds are very important building blocks which can be applied in medicinal, biological and industrial fields. However, direct borylation in a metal free manner has been very rarely reported. Herein, we described the successful direct borylation of haloarenes under mild, operationally simple, catalyst-free conditions, promoted by irradiation with visible light. Mechanistic experiments and computational investigations indicate the formation of an excited donor–acceptor complex with a −3.12 V reduction potential, which is a highly active reductant and can facilitate single-electron-transfer (SET) with aryl halides to produce aryl radical intermediates. A two-step one-pot method was developed for site selective aromatic C–H bond borylation. The protocol''s good functional group tolerance enables the functionalization of a variety of biologically relevant compounds, representing a new application of aryl radicals merged with photochemistry.We reported a facile metal-free conversion of aryl halides to the corresponding boronic esters catalysed by an in situ formed donor–acceptor complex. A two-step one-pot method was also developed for site selective aromatic C–H bond borylation. 相似文献
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Bhavesh Khatri Puja Majumder Jayashree Nagesh Aravind Penmatsa Jayanta Chatterjee 《Chemical science》2020,11(35):9480
Abundant n → π* interactions between adjacent backbone carbonyl groups, identified by statistical analysis of protein structures, are predicted to play an important role in dictating the structure of proteins. However, experimentally testing the prediction in proteins has been challenging due to the weak nature of this interaction. By amplifying the strength of the n → π* interaction via amino acid substitution and thioamide incorporation at a solvent exposed β-turn within the GB1 proteins and Pin 1 WW domain, we demonstrate that an n → π* interaction increases the structural stability of proteins by restricting the ϕ torsion angle. Our results also suggest that amino acid side-chain identity and its rotameric conformation play an important and decisive role in dictating the strength of an n → π* interaction.Amino acid residues adopt a right-handed α-helical conformation with increasing strength of the n → π* interaction. We also demonstrate a direct consequence of n → π* interactions on enhancing the structural stability of proteins. 相似文献
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The self-assembly properties of new biocompatible, thermoreversible fluorescent hydrogels, composed of amino acid residues, e.g., l-phenylalanine (PyL-PheOx) and l-tyrosine (PyL-TyrOx), have been reported. Spectroscopic investigations indicate that PyL-PheOx forms π-stacked ‘compact’ aggregates, while ‘loose’ aggregates with stronger CT characteristics are observed for PyL-TyrOx. Both the compounds showed the presence of fibrous networks in the self-assembled state. Circular dichroism spectral studies indicate the formation of M-helical and P-helical structures for PyL-PheOx and PyL-TyrOx, respectively. A striking gel-to-sol transition, caused by oxidative decomposition, is explicitly noticed in the presence of hypochlorite. A mechanistic investigation reveals the oxidation of the acyl aroyl hydrazine core of the gelators in the presence of ClO−. In addition to this, change in the fluorescence emission intensity of the hydrogel in the presence of ClO− is utilized for the analysis of commercial bleach samples. Gel-coated paper strips are also developed for the on-site detection of ClO−. Furthermore, the system is utilized for imaging hypochlorite in live mammalian cells.The self-assembly properties of new biocompatible, thermoreversible fluorescent hydrogels, composed of amino acid residues have been reported. A unique gel-to-sol transition is triggered by chemodosimetric interaction in the presence of hypochlorite. 相似文献
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Kulbir Sandip Das Tarali Devi Mrigaraj Goswami Mahesh Yenuganti Prabhakar Bhardwaj Somnath Ghosh Subash Chandra Sahoo Pankaj Kumar 《Chemical science》2021,12(31):10605
Nitrate reductases (NRs) are molybdoenzymes that reduce nitrate (NO3−) to nitrite (NO2−) in both mammals and plants. In mammals, the salival microbes take part in the generation of the NO2− from NO3−, which further produces nitric oxide (NO) either in acid-induced NO2− reduction or in the presence of nitrite reductases (NiRs). Here, we report a new approach of VCl3 (V3+ ion source) induced step-wise reduction of NO3− in a CoII-nitrato complex, [(12-TMC)CoII(NO3−)]+ (2,{CoII–NO3−}), to a CoIII–nitrosyl complex, [(12-TMC)CoIII(NO)]2+ (4,{CoNO}8), bearing an N-tetramethylated cyclam (TMC) ligand. The VCl3 inspired reduction of NO3− to NO is believed to occur in two consecutive oxygen atom transfer (OAT) reactions, i.e., OAT-1 = NO3− → NO2− (r1) and OAT-2 = NO2− → NO (r2). In these OAT reactions, VCl3 functions as an O-atom abstracting species, and the reaction of 2 with VCl3 produces a CoIII-nitrosyl ({CoNO}8) with VV-Oxo ({VV O}3+) species, via a proposed CoII-nitrito (3, {CoII–NO2−}) intermediate species. Further, in a separate experiment, we explored the reaction of isolated complex 3 with VCl3, which showed the generation of 4 with VV-Oxo, validating our proposed reaction sequences of OAT reactions. We ensured and characterized 3 using VCl3 as a limiting reagent, as the second-order rate constant of OAT-2 (k2/) is found to be ∼1420 times faster than that of the OAT-1 (k2) reaction. Binding constant (Kb) calculations also support our proposition of NO3− to NO transformation in two successive OAT reactions, as Kb(CoII–NO2−) is higher than Kb(CoII–NO3−), hence the reaction moves in the forward direction (OAT-1). However, Kb(CoII–NO2−) is comparable to Kb{CoNO}8, and therefore sequenced the second OAT reaction (OAT-2). Mechanistic investigations of these reactions using 15N-labeled-15NO3− and 15NO2− revealed that the N-atom in the {CoNO}8 is derived from NO3− ligand. This work highlights the first-ever report of VCl3 induced step-wise NO3− reduction (NRs activity) followed by the OAT induced NO2− reduction and then the generation of Co-nitrosyl species {CoNO}8.Single metal-induced reduction of NO3− → {NO2−} → NO via oxygen atom transfer reaction. 相似文献
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Adeeba Ahmed Aysha Fatima Sonam Shakya Qazi Inamur Rahman Musheer Ahmad Saleem Javed Huda Salem AlSalem Aiman Ahmad 《Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)》2022,27(5)
Here, we report a facile route to the synthesizing of a new donor–acceptor complex, L3, using 4-{[(anthracen-9-yl)meth-yl] amino}-benzoic acid, L2, as donor moiety with anthraquinone as an acceptor moiety. The formation of donor–acceptor complex L3 was facilitated via H-bonding and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The X-ray diffraction results confirmed the synthesized donor–acceptor complex L3 crystal belongs to the triclinic system possessing the P-1 space group. The complex L3 was also characterized by other spectral techniques, viz., FTIR and UV absorption spectroscopy, which confirmed the formation of new bonds between donor L2 moiety and acceptor anthraquinone molecule. The crystallinity and thermal stability of the newly synthesized complex L3 was confirmed by powdered XRD and TGA analysis and theoretical studies; Hirshfeld surface analysis was performed to define the type of interactions occurring in the complex L3. Interestingly, theoretical results were successfully corroborated with experimental results of FTIR and UV absorption. The density functional theory (DFT) calculations were employed for HOMO to LUMO; the energy gap (∆E) was calculated to be 3.6463 eV. The complex L3 was employed as a photocatalyst for the degradation of MB dye and was found to be quite efficient. The results showed MB dye degraded about 90% in 200 min and followed the pseudo-first-order kinetic with rate constant k = 0.0111 min−1 and R2 = 0.9596. Additionally, molecular docking reveals that the lowest binding energy was −10.8 Kcal/mol which indicates that the L3 complex may be further studied for its biological applications. 相似文献
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Marcel Henkelmann Andreas Omlor Michael Bolte Volker Schünemann Hans-Wolfram Lerner Jozef Noga Peter Hrobrik Matthias Wagner 《Chemical science》2022,13(6):1608
Bicyclic pyrazabole-bridged ferrocenes with BH groups at their bridgehead positions were prepared from [Li(thf)]2[1,1′-fc(BH3)2] and pyrazole or 3,5-dimethylpyrazole in the presence of Me3SiCl (1 or 1Me, respectively; 1,1′-fc = 1,1′-ferrocenylene); Me3SiH and H2 are released as byproducts. Treatment of 1 or 1Me with 1 eq. of the hydride scavenger [Ph3C][B(C6F5)4] afforded the borenium salts [2][B(C6F5)4] (72%) and [2Me][B(C6F5)4] (77%). According to X-ray crystallography, [2Me]+ contains one trigonal-planar borenium cation, the cyclopentadienyl (Cp) rings of the 1,1′-fc fragment remain parallel to each other, but the Cp–B bond vector is bent out of the Cp plane by an unprecedentedly large dip angle α* of 40.6°. The Fe⋯B(sp2) distance is very short (2.365(4) Å) and the 11B NMR signal of the cationic B(sp2) center is remarkably upfield shifted (23.4 ppm), suggesting a direct Fe(3d) → B(2p) donor–acceptor interaction. Although this interpretation is confirmed by quantum-chemical calculations, the coupling between the associated orbitals corresponds to an energy of only 12 kJ mol−1. Accordingly, both the experimental (e.g., Gutmann–Beckett acceptor number AN = 111) and theoretical assessment (e.g., Et3PO and F−-ion affinities) of the Lewis acidity proves that [2]+ is among the strongest boron-based Lewis acids available to date.An exceptionally strong ferrocene-containing, cationic boratriptycene-type Lewis acid is stabilized by a weak Fe⋯B through-space interaction. 相似文献
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Matthew J. Evans Mathew D. Anker Claire L. McMullin Samuel E. Neale Nasir A. Rajabi Martyn P. Coles 《Chemical science》2022,13(16):4635
Multiply-bonded main group metal compounds are of interest as a new class of reactive species able to activate and functionalize a wide range of substrates. The aluminium sulfido compound K[Al(NONDipp)(S)] (NONDipp = [O(SiMe2NDipp)2]2−, Dipp = 2,6-iPr2C6H3), completing the series of [Al(NONDipp)(E)]− anions containing Al–E{16} multiple bonds (E{16} = O, S, Se, Te), was accessed via desulfurisation of K[Al(NONDipp)(S4)] using triphenylphosphane. The crystal structure showed a tetrameric aggregate joined by multiple K⋯S and K⋯π(arene) interactions that were disrupted by the addition of 2.2.2-cryptand to form the separated ion pair, [K(2.2.2-crypt)][Al(NONDipp)(S)]. Analysis of the anion using density functional theory (DFT) confirmed multiple-bond character in the Al–S group. The reaction of the sulfido and selenido anions K[Al(NONDipp)(E)] (E = S, Se) with CO2 afforded K[Al(NONDipp)(κ2E,O-EC{O}O)] containing the thio- and seleno-carbonate groups respectively, consistent with a [2 + 2]-cycloaddition reaction and C–E bond formation. An analogous cycloaddition reaction took place with benzophenone affording compounds containing the diphenylsulfido- and diphenylselenido-methanolate ligands, [κ2E,O-EC{O}Ph2]2−. In contrast, when K[Al(NONDipp)(E)] (E = S, Se) was reacted with benzaldehyde, two equivalents of substrate were incorporated into the product accompanied by formation of a second C–E bond and complete cleavage of the Al–E{16} bonds. The products contained the hitherto unknown κ2O,O-thio- and κ2O,O-seleno-bis(phenylmethanolate) ligands, which were exclusively isolated as the cis-stereoisomers. The mechanisms of these cycloaddition reactions were investigated using DFT methods.Reaction of Al–E (E = S, Se) multiple bonds with C O functionalities generates new C–E bonds. 相似文献
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Chen Chen Meng-hui Wang Lin-Yan Feng Lian-Qing Zhao Jin-Chang Guo Hua-Jin Zhai Zhong-hua Cui Sudip Pan Gabriel Merino 《Chemical science》2022,13(27):8045
The occurrence of planar hexacoordination is very rare in main group elements. We report here a class of clusters containing a planar hexacoordinate silicon (phSi) atom with the formula SiSb3M3+ (M = Ca, Sr, Ba), which have D3h (1A1′) symmetry in their global minimum structure. The unique ability of heavier alkaline-earth atoms to use their vacant d atomic orbitals in bonding effectively stabilizes the peripheral ring and is responsible for covalent interaction with the Si center. Although the interaction between Si and Sb is significantly stronger than the Si–M one, sizable stabilization energies (−27.4 to −35.4 kcal mol−1) also originated from the combined electrostatic and covalent attraction between Si and M centers. The lighter homologues, SiE3M3+ (E = N, P, As; M = Ca, Sr, Ba) clusters, also possess similar D3h symmetric structures as the global minima. However, the repulsive electrostatic interaction between Si and M dominates over covalent attraction making the Si–M contacts repulsive in nature. Most interestingly, the planarity of the phSi core and the attractive nature of all the six contacts of phSi are maintained in N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) and benzene (Bz) bound SiSb3M3(NHC)6+ and SiSb3M3(Bz)6+ (M = Ca, Sr, Ba) complexes. Therefore, bare and ligand-protected SiSb3M3+ clusters are suitable candidates for gas-phase detection and large-scale synthesis, respectively.The global minimum of SiSb3M3+ (M = Ca, Sr, Ba) is a D3h symmetric structure containing an elusive planar hexacoordinate silicon (phSi) atom. Most importantly, the phSi core remains intact in ligand protected environment as well.Exploring the bonding capacity of main-group elements (such as carbon or silicon) beyond the traditional tetrahedral concept has been a fascinating subject in chemistry for five decades. The 1970 pioneering work of Hoffmann and coworkers1 initiated the field of planar tetracoordinate carbons (ptCs), or more generally, planar hypercoordinate carbons. The past 50 years have witnessed the design and characterization of an array of ptC and planar pentacoordinate carbon (ppC) species.2–14 However, it turned out to be rather challenging to go beyond ptC and ppC systems. The celebrated CB62− cluster and relevant species15,16 were merely model systems because C avoids planar hypercoordination in such systems.17,18 In 2012, the first genuine global minimum D3h CO3Li3+ cluster was reported to have six interactions with carbon in planar form, although electrostatic repulsion between positively charged phC and Li centers and the absence of any significant orbital interaction between them make this hexacoordinate assignment questionable.19 It was only very recently that a series of planar hexacoordinate carbon (phC) species, CE3M3+ (E = S–Te; M = Li–Cs), were designed computationally by the groups of Tiznado and Merino (Fig. 1; left panel),20 in which there exist pure electrostatic interactions between the negative Cδ− center and positive Mδ+ ligands. These phC clusters were achieved following the so-called “proper polarization of ligand” strategy.Open in a separate windowFig. 1The pictorial depiction of previously reported phC CE3M3+ (E = S–Te; M = Li–Cs) clusters and the present SiE3M3+ (E = S–Te and N–Sb; M = Li–Cs and Ca–Ba) clusters. Herein the solid and dashed lines represent covalent and ionic bonding, respectively. The opposite double arrows illustrate electrostatic repulsion.The concept of planar hypercoordinate carbons has been naturally extended to their next heavier congener, silicon-based systems. Although the steric repulsion between ligands decreases due to the larger size, the strength of π- and σ-bonding between the central atom and peripheral ligands dramatically decreases, which is crucial for stability. Planar tetracoordinate silicon (ptSi) was first experimentally observed in a pentaatomic C2v SiAl4− cluster by Wang and coworkers in 2000.21 Very recently, this topic got a huge boost by the room-temperature, large-scale syntheses of complexes containing a ptSi unit.22 A recent computational study also predicted the global minimum of SiMg4Y− (Y = In, Tl) and SiMg3In2 to have unprecendented planar pentacoordinate Si (ppSi) units.23 Planar hexacoordinate Si (phSi) systems seem to be even more difficult to stabilize. Previously, a C2v symmetric Cu6H6Si cluster was predicted as the true minimum,24 albeit its potential energy surface was not fully explored. A kinetically viable phSi SiAl3Mg3H2+ cluster cation was also predicted.25 However, these phSi systems24,25 are only local minima and not likely to be observed experimentally. In 2018, the group of Chen identified the Ca4Si22− building block containing a ppSi center and constructed an infinite CaSi monolayer, which is essentially a two-dimensional lattice of the Ca4Si2 motif.26 Thus, it is still an open question to achieve a phSi atom to date.Herein we have tried to find the correct combination towards a phSi system as the most stable isomer. Gratifyingly, we found a series of clusters, SiE3M3+ (E = N, P, As, Sb; M = Ca, Sr, Ba), having planar D3h symmetry with Si at the center of the six membered ring, as true global minimum forms. Si–E bonds are very strong in all the clusters, and alkaline-earth metals interact with the Si center by employing their d orbitals. However, electrostatic repulsion originated from the positively charged Si and M centers for E = N, P, and As dominates over attractive covalent interaction, making individual Si–M contacts repulsive in nature. This makes the assignment of SiE3M3+ (E = N, P, As; M = Ca, Sr, Ba) as genuine phSi somewhat skeptical. SiSb3M3+ (M = Ca, Sr, Ba) clusters are the sole candidates which possess genuine phSi centers as both electrostatic and covalent interactions in Si–M bonds are attractive. The d orbitals of M ligands play a crucial role in stabilizing the ligand framework and forming covalent bonds with phSi. Such planar hypercoordinate atoms are, in general, susceptible to external perturbations. However, the present title clusters maintain the planarity and the attractive nature of the bonds even after multiple ligand binding at M centers in SiSb3M3(NHC)6+ and SiSb3M3(Bz)6+. This would open the door for large-scale synthesis of phSi as well.Two major computational efforts were made before reaching our title phSi clusters. The first one is to examine SiE3M3+ (E = S–Po; M = Li–Cs) clusters, which adopt D3h or C3v structures as true minima (see Table S1 in ESI†), being isoelectronic to the previous phC CE3M3+ (E = S–Po; M = Li–Cs) clusters. In the SiE3M3+ (E = S–Po; M = Li–Cs) clusters, the Si center always carries a positive charge ranging from 0.01 to +1.03|e|, in contrast to the corresponding phC species (see Fig. 1). Thus, electrostatic interactions between the Siδ+ and Mδ+ centers would be repulsive (Fig. 1). Given that the possibility of covalent interaction with an alkali metal is minimal, it would be a matter of debate whether they could be called true coordination. A second effort is to tune the electronegativity difference between Si and M centers so that the covalent contribution in Si–M bonding becomes substantial. Along this line, we consider the combinations of SiE3M3+ (E = N, P, As, Sb; M = Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba). The results in Fig. S1† show that for E = Be and Mg, the phSi geometry has a large out-of-plane imaginary frequency mode, which indicates a size mismatch between the Si center and peripheral E3M3 (E = N–Bi; M = Be, Mg) ring. On the other hand, the use of larger M = Ca, Sr, Ba atoms effectively expands the size of the cavity and eventually leads to perfect planar geometry with Si atoms at the center as minima. In the case of SiBi3M3+, the planar isomer possesses a small imaginary frequency for M = Ca. Although planar SiBi3Sr3+ and SiBi3Ba3+ are true minima, they are 2.2 and 2.5 kcal mol−1 higher in energy than the lowest energy isomer, respectively (Fig. S2†). Fig. 2 displays some selected low-lying isomers of SiE3M3+ (E = N, P, As, Sb; M = Ca, Sr, Ba) clusters (see Fig. S3–S6† for additional isomers). The global minimum structure is a D3h symmetric phSi with an 1A1′ electronic state for all the twelve cases. The second lowest energy isomer, a ppSi, is located more than 49 kcal mol−1 above phSi for E = N. This relative energy between the most stable and nearest energy isomer gradually decreases upon moving from N to Sb. In the case of SiSb3M3+ clusters, the second-lowest energy isomer is 4.6–6.1 kcal mol−1 higher in energy than phSi. The nearest triplet state isomer is very high in energy (by 36–53 kcal mol−1, Fig. S3–S6†) with respect to the global minimum.Open in a separate windowFig. 2The structures of low-lying isomers of SiE3M3+ (E = N, P, As, Sb; M = Ca, Sr, Ba) clusters. Relative energies (in kcal mol−1) are shown at the single-point CCSD(T)/def2-TZVP//PBE0/def2-TZVP level, followed by a zero-energy correction at PBE0. The values from left to right refer to Ca, Sr, and Ba in sequence. The group symmetries and electronic states are also given.Born–Oppenheimer molecular dynamics (BOMD) simulations at room temperature (298 K), taking SiE3Ca3+ clusters as case studies, were also performed. The results are displayed in Fig. S7.† All trajectories show no isomerization or other structural alterations during the simulation time, as indicated by the small root mean square deviation (RMSD) values. The BOMD data suggest that the global minimum also has reasonable kinetic stability against isomerization and decomposition.The bond distances, natural atomic charges, and bond indices for SiE3Ca3+ clusters are given in † for M = Sr, Ba). The Si–E bond distances are shorter than the typical Si–E single bond distance computed using the self-consistent covalent radii proposed by Pyykkö.27 In contrast, the Si–M bond distance is almost equal to the single bond distance. This gives the first hint of the presence of covalent bonding therein. However, the Wiberg bond indices (WBIs) for the Si–M links are surprisingly low (0.02–0.04). We then checked the Mayer bond order (MBO), which can be seen as a generalization of WBIs and is more acceptable since the approach of WBI calculations assumes orthonormal conditions of basis functions while the MBO considers an overlap matrix. The MBO values for the Si–M links are now sizable (0.13–0.18). These values are reasonable considering the large difference in electronegativity between Si and M, and, therefore, only a very polar bond is expected between them. In fact, the calculations of WBIs after orthogonalization of basis functions by the Löwdin method gives significantly large bond orders (0.48–0.55), which is known to overestimate the bond orders somewhat. The above results indicate that the presence of covalent bonding cannot be ruled out only by looking at WBI values.Bond distances (r, in Å), different bond orders (WBIs) {MBOs} [WBI in orthogonalized basis], and natural atomic charges (q, in |e|) of SiE3Ca3+ (E = N, P, As, Sb) clusters at the PBE0/def2-TZVP level
Open in a separate windowOur following argument regarding the presence of covalent Si–M bonding is based on energy decomposition analysis (EDA) in combination with natural orbital for chemical valence (NOCV) theory. We first performed EDA by taking Ca and SiE3Ca2 in different charge and electronic states as interacting fragments to get the optimum fragmentation scheme that suits the best to describe the bonding situation (see Tables S6–S9†). The size of orbital interaction (ΔEorb) is used as a probe.28 For all cases, Ca+ (D, 4s1) and SiE3Ca2 (D) in their doublet spin states turn out to be the best schemes, which give the lowest ΔEorb value. Energy term Interaction Ca+ (D, 4s1) + SiN3Ca2 (D) Ca+ (D, 4s1) + SiP3Ca2 (D) Ca+ (D, 4s1) + SiAs3Ca2 (D) Ca+ (D, 4s1) + SiSb3Ca2 (D) ΔEint −192.9 −153.0 −144.9 −129.9 ΔEPauli 139.8 115.2 115.7 110.9 ΔEelstata −162.0 (48.7%) −116.4 (43.4%) −113.0 (43.4%) −100.9 (41.9%) ΔEorba −170.7 (51.3%) −151.8 (56.6%) −147.6 (56.6%) −140.0 (58.1%) ΔEorb(1)b SiE3Ca2–Ca+(s) electron-sharing σ-bond −89.2 (52.3%) −79.4 (52.3%) −74.3 (50.3%) −66.9 (47.8%) ΔEorb(2)b SiE3Ca2 → Ca+(d) π‖-donation −32.9 (19.3%) −32.0 (21.1%) −31.8 (21.5%) −30.8 (22.0%) ΔEorb(3)b SiE3Ca2 → Ca+(d) σ-donation −13.1 (7.7%) −11.9 (7.8%) −12.0 (8.1%) −11.9 (8.5%) ΔEorb(4)b SiE3Ca2 → Ca+(d) π⊥-donation −12.3 (7.2%) −12.2 (8.0%) −12.5 (8.5%) −12.5 (8.9%) ΔEorb(5)b SiE3Ca2 → Ca+(d) δ-donation −8.1 (4.7%) −9.9 (6.5%) −10.9 (7.4%) −11.8 (8.4%) ΔEorb(rest)b −15.1 (8.8%) −6.4 (4.2%) −6.1 (4.1%) −6.1 (4.4%)
r Si–E | r Si–Ca | r E–Ca | q Si | q E | q Ca | |
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E = N | 1.669 | 2.555 | 2.246 | 1.57 | −1.93 | 1.74 |
(1.14) {1.23} [1.84] | (0.02) {0.13} [0.51] | (0.22) {0.67} [0.84] | ||||
E = P | 2.180 | 2.935 | 2.640 | 0.25 | −1.42 | 1.67 |
(1.34) {1.11} [1.52] | (0.03) {0.14} [0.54] | (0.27) {0.74} [1.05] | ||||
E = As | 2.301 | 3.004 | 2.721 | 0.07 | −1.34 | 1.65 |
(1.33) {1.10} [1.45] | (0.03) {0.15} [0.55] | (0.29) {0.71} [1.12] | ||||
E = Sb | 2.538 | 3.155 | 2.896 | −0.39 | −1.16 | 1.62 |
(1.29) {1.01} [1.33] | (0.04) {0.18} [0.48] | (0.30) {0.78} [1.14] |