Syntheses and Crystal Structures of Some CCo3 Clusters Containing PPh3 or dppm Ligands

Molecular structural determinations are reported for six Co₃C carbonyl cluster complexes containing tertiary phosphines, which have been isolated as by-products from a variety of reactions. Structural features are similar to those of related complexes already reported. Some discussion of apparent orientational preferences of the CH₂ group of dppm ligands, which appear to enter into H-bonding interactions with amido or carboxylate substituents, is given. Appropriate comparisons are made with unsubstituted analogues.     

纳米尺寸团簇NinZrn(n=3～5)的几何结构与成键规律研究

根据化学键理论与拓扑原理，设计了团簇NinZrn(n=3-5)的可能几何构型，并用从头算方法进行构型优化，结果表明，由NiZr组成的团簇原子间的Zr-Zr和Zr-Ni键明显较强，而Ni-Ni的成键较弱，并发与NinZrn(n=3-5)团簇电子性质与有机烯烃分子等瓣相似，原子之间的成键按照强弱相间的规则分布。     

Stretching vibrations and structure of (HF) n (n=4–8) clusters

IR spectra of 24 structural isomers of (HF) _n (n=4–8) clusters were calculated in the framework of semiempirical theory of polyatomic molecule vibrations. Based on the results obtained and available experimental data it is proposed that (HF) _n associates comprising 3–5-membered cycles with attached monomeric HF units are present in molecular beams and gas phase.Ab initio calculations performed by the SCF method show the existence of local minima corresponding to such structures on the potential energy surface of (HF) _n clusters (n=4–6). Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 435–443, March, 1997.     

Synthesis and Characterization of the Isocyanide Ligated Centered Zirconium Halide Cluster [(Zr6Be)Cl12(CNXyl)6]

The first isocyanide ligated hexanuclear zirconium halide cluster is reported. The unoxidized [(Zr₆Be)Cl₁₂(CNXyl)₆] (CNXyl = 2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide) was obtained from the solid state precursor K₃Zr₆Cl₁₅Be by dissolution in CH₃CN in the presence of CNXyl. The CNXyl ligands occupy all the axial positions on the cluster. The compound was recrystallized from CH₂Cl₂ and Et₂O. [(Zr₆Be)Cl₁₂(CNXyl)₆].2CH₂Cl₂ crystallizes in the space group (#2) with a = 12.092(5) Å, b=12.728(5) Å, c = 14.102(8) Å, = 104.98(4)°, =107.11°, = 100.94°, V = 1919(2) ų, Z = l, R = 11.3% and R _W = 27.0%. For the bound isocyanide ligands, v _CN increases to 2140 cm^–1.     

One- or two-dimensional organometallic arrays containing PdIr2(μ3-S)2 mixed-metal sulfido cluster units connected via the nicotinamide or isonicotinamide ligands on their Pd sites through hydrogen-bonding interactions

Mixed-metal sulfido cluster [(PdCl₂)(Cp*Ir)₂(μ₃-S)₂] (Cp*=η⁵-C₅Me₅) dissolved in CH₂Cl₂ reacted with two equivalent of L (L=nicotinamide, isonicotinamide, or N-methylnicotinamide) in the presence of AgBF₄ to give the cationic clusters [(PdL₂)(Cp*Ir)₂(μ₃-S)₂][BF₄]₂. The single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies of these products have disclosed that in the solid state the PdIr₂S₂ cores are self-assembled to form one-dimensional chains through the intermolecular hydrogen-bonding between the amide groups for L=nicotinamide or two-dimensional sheets via the hydrogen-bonding between the amide groups and the BF₄ anions for L=isonicotinamide, whereas no organization of the cluster cores is observed for L=N-methylnicotinamide.     

A Quantum Chemical Study of N14 Cluster

Ab initio molecular orbital theory and density functional theory have been employed to study N₁₄ cluster with low spin at the HF/6-31G*, B3LYP/6-31G*, B3PW91/6-31G*, BP86/6-31G*, and BHLYP/6-31G* levels of theory. Twelve isomers were studied, including one previously investigated cage molecule. The most stable isomer of N₁₄ is a C _2h -symmetric molecule that contains two separated five-membered nitrogen rings connected by a —N=N—N=N— bridge. The second, third, and fifth most stable isomers each have one five-membered nitrogen ring. The theoretical results suggest that the five-membered nitrogen ring gives rise to a particularly stable structural unit, and the more side chains that the five-membered nitrogen ring links with, the less stable the structure will become.     

Synthesis and the crystal structure of the triosmium cluster with the μ-dehydrobenzene ligand,Os3(μ-H)2(CO)7(μ-C6H4){μ3-Ph2PCH2P(C6H4)Ph}

The Os₃(-H)₂(CO)₇(-C₆H₄){₃-Ph₂PCH₂P(C₆H₄)Ph} complex, which was isolated from the products of thermolysis of Os₃(CO)₁₀(-dppm) (dppm is Ph₂PCH₂PPh₂) in toluene, was characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis. Protonation of the resulting complex with trifluoroacetic acid afforded the cationic complex [Os₃(-H)₃(CO)₇(-C₆H₄){₃-Ph₂PCH₂P(C₆H₄)Ph}]⁺.     

The oxidative addition of hydrogen sulfide to the electron-rich triple bond: The isolation and characterization of compounds that contain the Re2(μ-H)(μ-SH) cluster unit

The reactions of Re₂X₄(-dppm)₂ (X=Cl or Br; dppm=Ph₂PCH₂PPh₂) with H₂S in THF afford the dirhenium (III) complexes Re₂(-H)(-SH)X₄(-dppm)₂, the first examples of the oxidative addition of an S-H unit across an electron-rich metal-metal triple bond. The bromide complex Re₂(-H)(-SH)Br₄(-dppm)₂ (C₂H₅)₂O crystallizes in the space group P2₁/n witha=16.631(2) Å,b=15.967(3) Å,c=19.904(2) Å, =92.698(7)°,V=5279(2) ų, andZ=4. The structure which was refined toR=0.053 (R _w=0.070) for 4903 data withI>3.0(I), shows the presence of an edge-shared bioctahedral geometry with a very short Re-Re distance of 2.4566(7) Å. While the hydrogen atoms of the -H and -SH ligands were not located in the X-ray structure determination, their presence is confirmed by IR and¹H NMR spectroscopy.     

Local dense structural heterogeneities in liquid water from ambient to 300 MPa pressure: evidence for multiple liquid-liquid transitions.

Difference and double-difference near-infrared DO-D and HO-H stretching overtone (2nuOD and 2nuOH) spectroscopy and a rigorous (physically substantiated) band deconvolution technique were applied to reveal three different kinds of inherent (interstitial) structures of liquid water, which determine its high density (compared to ice lh under ambient conditions), its compressibility (under hydrostatic pressure, up to 300MPa), and its high fragility (manifested under temperature variation). Our data processing allowed the rigorous discrimination of up to six vibrational components. On the basis of an extensive comparative analysis combined with available structural data (X-ray and neutron scattering) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations for liquid water, as well as with experimental and computed data for small non-tetrahedrally arranged water clusters, the major four components could be ascribed to: i) The basic lh icelike substructure; ii) the temperature-dependent remote interstitial "defects" due to tetrahedral displacements (primarily responsible for transport properties); iii) the interstitial "defects" most probably arranged in quasiplanar noncyclic tetramers (totally absent in the ice structure); and iv) the interstitial "defects" formed with increasing pressure, probably arranged in cubic water octamers and composed of two pairs of noncyclic and cyclic tetramer fragments. The latter structures include, essentially, bent hydrogen bonds stabilized by resonance effects.     

Structural, Electronic, and Optical Properties of Noble Metal Clusters from First Principles

We examine low-energy isomeric forms, static polarizabilities, and optical absorption spectra of Ag _n , n = 2–8, and Au _n , n = 2–3, clusters using first principles computations within the static and time-dependent versions of the density functional theory. The noticeable decrease in the static polarizabilities of Ag₇ and Ag₈ compared to the values characteristic of Ag _n , n = 2–6, is correlated with the transition from two-dimensional to three-dimensional structures at n = 7. The optical spectra computed within the time-dependent local density approximation for the most stable structures are in good agreement with the available experimental data and the results of earlier theoretical studies. Optical spectra of higher-energy isomers typically present features that are not observed in the experimental spectra. The d electrons affect the spectra of noble metal clusters by quenching the oscillator strengths through screening of the s electrons and by getting directly involved in the excitations. Due to the larger s–d hybridization in Au compared to Ag, these effects are more pronounced in Au _n clusters.