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Janicki R, Siczek M, Starynowicz P. In Search of Covalency Measure of Gd(III)-Ligand Interactions. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:9723-9737. [PMID: 39288087 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/19/2024]
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Experimental electron density distribution of the [C(NH2)3]3[Gd(EDTA)F2]·H2O crystal was determined. The derived experimental and theoretical (DFT) topological parameters such as ∇2ρc, ρc, bond degree (BD), kinetics, and potential energy were used to study the nature of Gd-O, Gd-F, and Gd-N interactions. The natural charge of the Gd is 1.86; the natural configuration of the cation is [Xe]6s0.134f7.105d0.83, and the covalency of the Gd-L bond is mainly connected with the transfer of charge from the spx ligand orbitals onto the 5d orbitals of the Gd cation. Simultaneously, the donation of charge onto the 6s and 4f orbitals occurs to a lesser extent. Moreover it was found that the donation of the ligand charges onto the Gd(III) is larger for compounds with a lower coordination number. The obtained topological parameters were analyzed in the context of the Gd(III) f-f transition properties, i.e., energy of the excited 2S+1LJ states, Judd-Ofelt intensity parameters, and luminescence lifetimes, of 18 Gd(III) compounds with various O, N, and F donor ligands (DOTA, EDTA, CDTA, DTPA, NTA, EGTA, ODA, F-, H2O, and CO32-). The calculated nephelauxetic β parameter may reflect the penetration degree of electron lone pairs of ligands inside the metal basin. Finally, it was found for the first time that the sum of the Gd(III)-L bond energy (∑EGdL) is correlated with the position of the gravity center of the 8S7/2 → 2S+1LJ transitions and increase of covalency of the Gd(III)-L bonds is associated with decrease of their bond energy. The obtained results may shed light on chemical bonding in systems containing f-elements. Such subtle differences in the covalent contribution to the Ln-L or An-L bond may tune the selectivity of the partitioning processes of lanthanides and actinides.
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- Rafał Janicki
- University of Wrocław, Faculty of Chemistry, F. Joliot Curie 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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- University of Wrocław, Faculty of Chemistry, F. Joliot Curie 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland
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Branson J, Smith PW, Sergentu DC, Russo DR, Gupta H, Booth CH, Arnold J, Schelter EJ, Autschbach J, Minasian SG. The Counterintuitive Relationship between Orbital Energy, Orbital Overlap, and Bond Covalency in CeF 62- and CeCl 62. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:25640-25655. [PMID: 39241121 PMCID: PMC11421006 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c07459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2024] [Revised: 08/20/2024] [Accepted: 08/21/2024] [Indexed: 09/08/2024]
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The 4f orbitals of Ce(IV) have shown appreciably enhanced covalent mixing with ligand orbitals relative to those of Ce(III). Here, X-ray spectroscopy, magnetic susceptibility measurements, and theoretical methods are used to investigate 4f covalency in CeF62- and CeCl62-. These techniques show covalent mixing between Ce 4f and F 2p orbitals to be about 25% less than mixing between Ce 4f and Cl 3p orbitals, placing CeF62- among the most ionic Ce(IV) compounds to-date. However, ligand field analysis using the experimental data shows significantly higher 4f orbital overlap with the F 2p orbitals compared to the Cl 3p. This result is counterintuitive since the Ce-F bonds display less 4f covalency despite their higher orbital overlap, and greater overlap is traditionally associated with enhanced bond covalency. The weaker covalency is attributed to the large energy gap between Ce 4f and F 2p orbitals strongly counteracting the higher orbital overlap. These results highlight that only a concerted consideration of both atomic orbital overlap and energy matching in f-element systems leads to an accurate picture of their bonding.
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- Jacob
A. Branson
- Department
of Chemistry, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- RA-03
(RECENT AIR) Laboratory, Alexandru Ioan
Cuza University of Iaşi, Iaşi 700506, Romania
- Faculty
of Chemistry, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
of Iaşi, Iaşi 700506, Romania
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- P. Roy and
Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- P. Roy and
Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State
University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Wittwer B, Heim F, Wurst K, Hohloch S. A bridging bis-phosphanido-phosphinidene complex of lanthanum supported by a sterically encumbering PN ligand. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:7299-7302. [PMID: 38842222 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc02244k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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Synthesis of a bulky anilidophosphine ligand (short PNTerph) and its lanthanum complexes 1 and 3 is reported. When exposed to KPHMes, both complexes form the first example of a bis-phosphanido-phosphinidene complex 2. This complex undergoes Phospha-Wittig type reactions and its reactivity towards strong bases is further investigated.
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- B Wittwer
- University of Innsbruck, Center for Chemistry and Biomedicine, Department of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- University of Innsbruck, Center for Chemistry and Biomedicine, Department of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- University of Innsbruck, Center for Chemistry and Biomedicine, Department of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- University of Innsbruck, Center for Chemistry and Biomedicine, Department of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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Boggiano A, Bernbeck MG, Jiang N, La Pierre HS. Coordination Modes and Binding Patterns in Lanthanum Phosphoramide Complexes. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:9638-9647. [PMID: 38446786 PMCID: PMC11134493 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c04521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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A monoanionic phosphoramide ligand is introduced, which forms a series of lanthanum complexes with the ligand in both anionic and neutral forms. Stoichiometric control alone provides monometallic complexes with either two or three phosphoramide ligands. Alternatively, a combination of anionic and neutral proteo ligands featuring intramolecular hydrogen bonding can be obtained. The anionic form of the ligand binds lanthanum as a bi- or monodentate ligand, depending on the steric demand at the metal center, while the protonated ligand binds exclusively through the phosphoramide oxygen donor.
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- Andrew
C. Boggiano
- School
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, United States
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- School
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, United States
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- School
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, United States
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- School
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, United States
- Nuclear
and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Program, School of
Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, United States
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Uruburo C, Y P Rupasinghe DMR, Gupta H, Knieser RM, Lopez LM, Furigay MH, Higgins RF, Pandey P, Baxter MR, Carroll PJ, Zeller M, Bart SC, Schelter EJ. Metal-Ligand Redox Cooperativity in Cerium Amine-/Amido-Phenolate-Type Complexes. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:9418-9426. [PMID: 38097382 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2024]
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The synthesis and characterization of two cerium complexes of redox-active amine/amido-phenolate-type ligands are reported. A tripodal framework comprising the tris(2-(3',5'-di-tert-butyl-2'-hydroxyphenyl)amino-phenyl) amine (H6Clamp) proligand was synthesized for comparison of its cerium complex with a potassium-cerium heterobimetallic complex of the 4,6-di-tert-butyl-2-[(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imino]quinone (dippap) proligand. Structural studies indicate differences in the cerium(III) cation coordination spheres, where CeIII(CH3CN)1.5(H3Clamp) (1-Ce(H3Clamp)) exhibits shorter Ce-O distances and longer Ce-N bond distances compared to the analogous distances in K3(THF)3CeIII(dippap)3 (2-Ce(ap)), due to the gross structural differences between the systems. Differences are also evident in the temperature-dependent magnetic properties, where smaller χT products were observed for 2-Ce(ap) compared to 1-Ce(H3Clamp). Solution electrochemical studies for the complexes were interpreted based on ligand- and metal-based oxidation events, and the cerium(III) oxidation of 2-Ce(ap) was observed to be more facile than that of 1-Ce(H3Clamp), behavior that was cautiously attributed to the rigidity of the encrypted 1-Ce(H3Clamp) complex compared to the heterobimetallic framework of 2-Ce(ap). These results contribute to the understanding of how ligand designs can promote facile redox cycling for cerium complexes of redox-active ligands, given the large contraction of cerium-ligand bonds upon oxidation.
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- Christian Uruburo
- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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Li T, Heng Y, Wang D, Hou G, Zi G, Ding W, Walter MD. Uranium versus Thorium: A Case Study on a Base-Free Terminal Uranium Imido Metallocene. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:9487-9510. [PMID: 38048266 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/06/2023]
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The structure of and bonding in two base-free terminal actinide imido metallocenes, [η5-1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2An═N(p-tolyl) (An = U (1), Th (1')) are compared and connected to their individual reactivity. While structurally rather similar, the U(IV) derivative 1 is slightly more sterically crowded. Furthermore, density functional theory (DFT) studies imply that the 5f orbital contribution to the bonding within the individual actinide imido An═N(p-tolyl) moieties is significantly larger for 1 than for 1', which makes the bonds between the [η5-1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2U2+ and [(p-tolyl)N]2- fragments more covalent. Therefore, steric and electronic factors impact the reactivity of these imido complexes. For example, complex 1 is inert toward internal alkynes, but it readily forms Lewis base adducts [η5-1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2U═N(p-tolyl)(L) (L = OPMe3 (6), dmap (9), PhCN (14), and 2,6-Me2PhNC (17)) with Me3PO, 4-dimethylaminopyridine (dmap), nitrile, PhCN, or isonitrile 2,6-Me2PhNC. It may also react as a nucleophile or undergo a [2 + 2] cycloaddition with CS2, isothiocyanates, thio-ketones, ketones, lactides, and acyl nitriles, forming the four- or five-membered metallaheteroacycles, terminal sulfido, or oxido complexes, and cyanide amidate complexes, respectively. In contrast, after the addition of aldehyde p-tolylCHO, the tetranuclear complex [η5-1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]4[OCH(p-tolyl)CH(p-tolyl)O]2U4O4 (10) is isolated. However, while 1 is unreactive toward dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC), an equilibrium exists in benzene solution between N,N'-diisopropylcarbodiimide (DIC), 1, and the four-membered metallaheterocycle [η5-1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2U[N(p-tolyl)C(═NiPr)N(iPr)] (12). Furthermore, 1 may also engage in single- and two-electron transfer processes. It is singly oxidized by Ph3CN3, CuI, Ph2S2, and Ph2Se2, yielding the uranium(V) imido complexes [η5-1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2U═N(p-tolyl)(X) (X = N3 (20), I (22), PhS (23), and PhSe (24)), or is doubly oxidized by organic azides (RN3) and 9-diazofluorene, forming the uranium(VI) bis-imido metallocenes [η5-1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2U═N(p-tolyl)(=NR) (R = p-tolyl (18), mesityl (19)) and [η5-1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2U=N(p-tolyl)[=NN=(9-C13H8)] (21), respectively.
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- Tongyu Li
- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Goodwin CP, Adams RW, Gaunt AJ, Hanson SK, Janicke MT, Kaltsoyannis N, Liddle ST, May I, Miller JL, Scott BL, Seed JA, Whitehead GFS. N-Heterocyclic Carbene to Actinide d-Based π-bonding Correlates with Observed Metal-Carbene Bond Length Shortening Versus Lanthanide Congeners. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:10367-10380. [PMID: 38569081 PMCID: PMC11029940 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
Abstract
Comparison of bonding and electronic structural features between trivalent lanthanide (Ln) and actinide (An) complexes across homologous series' of molecules can provide insights into subtle and overt periodic trends. Of keen interest and debate is the extent to which the valence f- and d-orbitals of trivalent Ln/An ions engage in covalent interactions with different ligand donor functionalities and, crucially, how bonding differences change as both the Ln and An series are traversed. Synthesis and characterization (SC-XRD, NMR, UV-vis-NIR, and computational modeling) of the homologous lanthanide and actinide N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes [M(C5Me5)2(X)(IMe4)] {X = I, M = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, U, Np, Pu; X = Cl, M = Nd; X = I/Cl, M = Nd, Am; and IMe4 = [C(NMeCMe)2]} reveals consistently shorter An-C vs Ln-C distances that do not substantially converge upon reaching Am3+/Nd3+ comparison. Specifically, the difference of 0.064(6) Å observed in the La/U pair is comparable to the 0.062(4) Å difference observed in the Nd/Am pair. Computational analyses suggest that the cause of this unusual observation is rooted in the presence of π-bonding with the valence d-orbital manifold in actinide complexes that is not present in the lanthanide congeners. This is in contrast to other documented cases of shorter An-ligand vs Ln-ligand distances, which are often attributed to increased 5f vs 4f radial diffusivity leading to differences in 4f and 5f orbital bonding involvement. Moreover, in these traditional observations, as the 5f series is traversed, the 5f manifold contracts such that by americium structural studies often find no statistically significant Am3+vs Nd3+ metal-ligand bond length differences.
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- Conrad
A. P. Goodwin
- Chemistry
Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
- Centre
for Radiochemistry Research, The University
of Manchester, Oxford
Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Chemistry
Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Chemistry
Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Chemistry
Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Centre
for Radiochemistry Research, The University
of Manchester, Oxford
Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Centre
for Radiochemistry Research, The University
of Manchester, Oxford
Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Chemistry
Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Chemistry
Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Materials
Physics & Applications Division, Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545, United States
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- Centre
for Radiochemistry Research, The University
of Manchester, Oxford
Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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Guo Y, Jiang XL, Wu QY, Liu K, Wang W, Hu KQ, Mei L, Chai ZF, Gibson JK, Yu JP, Li J, Shi WQ. 4f/5d Hybridization Induced Single-Electron Delocalization in an Azide-Bridged Dicerium Complex. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:7088-7096. [PMID: 38436238 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c01047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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Dilanthanide complexes with one-electron delocalization are important targets for understanding the specific 4f/5d-bonding feature in lanthanide chemistry. Here, we report an isolable azide-bridged dicerium complex 3 [{(TrapenTMS)Ce}2(μ-N3)]• [Trapen = tris (2-aminobenzyl)amine; TMS = SiMe3], which is synthesized by the reaction of tripodal ligand-supported (TrapenTMS)CeIVCl complex 2 with NaN3. The structure and bonding nature of 3 are fully characterized by X-ray crystal diffraction analysis, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), magnetic measurement, cyclic voltammetry, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and quantum-theoretical studies. Complex 3 presents a trans-bent central Ce-N3-Ce unit with a single electron of two mixed-valent Ce atoms. The unique low-temperature (2 K) anisotropic EPR signals [g = 1.135, 2.003, and 3.034] of 3 indicate that its spin density is distributed on the central Ce-N3-Ce unit with marked electron delocalization. Quantum chemical analyses show strong 4f/5d orbital mixing in the singly occupied molecular orbital of 3, which allows for the unpaired electron to extend throughout the cerium-azide-cerium unit via a multicentered one-electron (Ce-N3-Ce) interaction. This work extends the family of mixed-valent dilanthanide complexes and provides a paradigm for understanding the bonding motif of ligand-bridged dilanthanide complexes.
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- Yan Guo
- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalytic Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare-Earth Materials of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Fundamental Science Center of Rare Earths, Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341000, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Rieser TE, Schädle D, Maichle-Mössmer C, Anwander R. Terminal dysprosium and holmium organoimides. Chem Sci 2024; 15:3562-3570. [PMID: 38455031 PMCID: PMC10915843 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc06584g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
Abstract
Terminal rare-earth-metal imide complexes TptBu,MeLn(NC6H3iPr2-2,6)(dmap) of the mid-late rare-earth elements dysprosium and holmium were synthesized via double methane elimination of Lewis acid stabilized dialkyl precursors TptBu,MeLnMe(GaMe4) with primary aniline derivative H2NC6H3iPr2-2,6 (H2NAriPr). Exploiting the weaker Ln-CH3⋯[GaMe3] interaction compared to the aluminium congener, addition of the aniline derivative leads to the mixed methyl/anilido species TptBu,MeLnMe(HNAriPr) which readily eliminate methane after being exposed to the Lewis base DMAP ([double bond, length as m-dash]N,N-dimethyl-4-aminopyridine). Under the same conditions, [AlMe3]-stabilized dimethyl rare-earth-metal complexes transform immediately to Lewis acid bridged imides TptBu,MeLn(μ2-NC6H3Me2-2,6)(μ2-Me)AlMe2 (Ln = Dy, Ho). DMAP/THF donor exchange is accomplished by treatment of TptBu,MeLn(NC6H3iPr2-2,6)(dmap) with 9-BBN in THF while the terminal imides readily insert carbon dioxide to afford carbamate complexes.
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- Theresa E Rieser
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 18 72076 Tübingen Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 18 72076 Tübingen Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 18 72076 Tübingen Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 18 72076 Tübingen Germany
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Scott J, Maenaga ML, Woodside AJ, Guo VW, Cheriel AR, Gau MR, Rablen PR, Graves CR. Reversible O-H Bond Activation by Tripodal tris(Nitroxide) Aluminum and Gallium Complexes. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:4028-4038. [PMID: 38386423 PMCID: PMC10915791 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Herein, we report the preparation and characterization of the Group 13 metal complexes of a tripodal tris(nitroxide)-based ligand, designated (TriNOx3-)M (M = Al (1), Ga (2), In (3)). Complexes 1 and 2 both activate the O-H bond of a range of alcohols spanning a ∼10 pKa unit range via an element-ligand cooperative pathway to afford the zwitterionic complexes (HTriNOx2-)M-OR. Structures of these alcohol adduct products are discussed. We demonstrate that the thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of the reactions are both influenced by the identity of the metal, with 1 having higher reaction equilibrium constants and proceeding at a faster rate relative to 2 for any given alcohol. These parameters are also influenced by the pKa of the alcohol, with more acidic alcohols reacting both to more completion and faster than their less acidic counterparts. Possible mechanistic pathways for the O-H activation are discussed.
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- Joseph
S. Scott
- Department
of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Swarthmore
College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Swarthmore
College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Swarthmore
College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Swarthmore
College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Swarthmore
College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Swarthmore
College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Swarthmore
College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, United States
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Szczepanik DW. The curious case of the crystalline tri-thorium cluster: cyclic delocalization without aromatic stabilization? RSC Adv 2023; 13:34224-34229. [PMID: 38019979 PMCID: PMC10664742 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra06603g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Actinides have been known to form extremely weak homonuclear bonds with their d-type orbitals, and one should therefore expect the superposition of cyclic resonance forms containing such bonds to bring rather marginal aromatic stabilization to the system, if any. It is for this very reason that the discovery of the cyclically delocalized Th3 σ-bonding in the crystalline cluster isolated by Liddle and co-workers has sparked such vigorous discussion on the actual role of molecular aromaticity on the periphery of the periodic table. It has recently been argued that the tri-thorium ring at the heart of the cluster features considerable aromatic stabilization energy comparable to the heterocyclic π-aromatic rings such as thiophene. However, previous investigations involved highly ionized model clusters like Th3Cl64+ or Th310+ in which aromatic stabilization associated with the cyclic delocalization of charge is dramatically exaggerated. In this work we investigate the model tri-thorium clusters at different geometries and ionization states to show that cyclic delocalization of electrons in the isolated crystalline cluster may be associated with rather marginal σ-aromatic stabilization energy thus strongly suggesting its non-aromatic character.
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- Dariusz W Szczepanik
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University Gronostajowa, 2 30-387 Kraków Poland
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Windorff CJ, Goodwin CAP, Sperling JM, Albrecht-Schönzart TE, Bai Z, Evans WJ, Huffman ZK, Jeannin R, Long BN, Mills DP, Poe TN, Ziller JW. Stabilization of Pu(IV) in PuBr 4(OPCy 3) 2 and Comparisons with Structurally Similar ThX 4(OPR 3) 2 (R = Cy, Ph) Molecules. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:18136-18149. [PMID: 37875401 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
Abstract
The pursuit of a trivalent plutonium halide phosphine oxide compound, e.g., "PuBr3(OPR)3," instead led to the isolation of the tetravalent trans-PuIVBr4(OPCy3)2, PuBr/Cy, compound by spontaneous oxidation of PuIII. The donating nature of phosphine oxides has allowed the isolation and characterization of PuBr/Cy by crystallographic, multinuclear NMR, solid state, and solution phase UV-vis-NIR spectroscopic techniques. The presence of a putative plutonyl(VI) complex formulated as "trans-PuVIO2Br2(OPCy3)2" was also observed spectroscopically and tentatively by single-crystal X-ray diffraction as a cocrystal of PuBr/Cy. A series of trans-ThX4(OPCy3)2 (X = Cl, ThCl/Cy; Br, ThBr/Cy; I, ThI/Cy) complexes were synthesized for comparison to PuBr/Cy. The triphenylphosphine oxide, OPPh3, complexes, trans-AnI4(OPPh3)2 (An = Th, ThI/Ph; U, UI/Ph), were also synthesized for comparison, completing the series trans-UX4(OPPh3)2 (X = Cl, Br, I), UX/Ph. To enable the synthesis of ThI/Cy and ThI/Ph, a new nonaqueous thorium iodide starting material, ThI4(Et2O)2, was synthesized. The syntheses of organic solvent soluble ThI4L2 (L = Et2O, OPCy3, and OPPh3) are the first examples of crystallographically characterized neutral thorium tetraiodide materials beyond binary ThI4. To show the viability of ThI4(Et2O)2 as a starting material for organothorium chemistry, (C5Me4H)3ThI was synthesized and crystallographically characterized.
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- Cory J Windorff
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Nuclear Science & Engineering Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Nuclear Science & Engineering Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Nuclear Science & Engineering Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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Chatzimentor I, Tsamesidis I, Ioannou ME, Pouroutzidou GK, Beketova A, Giourieva V, Papi R, Kontonasaki E. Study of Biological Behavior and Antimicrobial Properties of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:2509. [PMID: 37896269 PMCID: PMC10610395 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15102509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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(1) Background: An element that has gained much attention in industrial and biomedical fields is Cerium (Ce). CeO2 nanoparticles have been proven to be promising regarding their different biomedical applications for the control of infection and inflammation. The aim of the present study was to investigate the biological properties and antimicrobial behavior of cerium oxide (CeO2) nanoparticles (NPs). (2) Methods: The investigation of the NPs' biocompatibility with human periodontal ligament cells (hPDLCs) was evaluated via the MTT assay. Measurement of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) levels and alizarine red staining (ARS) were used as markers in the investigation of CeO2 NPs' capacity to induce the osteogenic differentiation of hPDLCs. Induced inflammatory stress conditions were applied to hPDLCs with H2O2 to estimate the influence of CeO2 NPs on the viability of cells under these conditions, as well as to reveal any ROS scavenging properties. Total antioxidant capacity (TAC) of cell lysates with NPs was also investigated. Finally, the macro broth dilution method was the method of choice for checking the antibacterial capacity of CeO2 against the anaerobic pathogens Porphyromonas gingivalis and Prevotella intermedia. (3) Results: Cell viability assay indicated that hPDLCs increase their proliferation rate in a time-dependent manner in the presence of CeO2 NPs. ALP and ARS measurements showed that CeO2 NPs can promote the osteogenic differentiation of hPDLCs. In addition, the MTT assay and ROS determination demonstrated some interesting results concerning the viability of cells under oxidative stress conditions and, respectively, the capability of NPs to decrease free radical levels over the course of time. Antimicrobial toxicity was observed mainly against P. gingivalis. (4) Conclusions: CeO2 NPs could provide an excellent choice for use in clinical practices as they could prohibit bacterial proliferation and control inflammatory conditions.
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- Iason Chatzimentor
- Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (I.C.); (I.T.); (M.-E.I.); (G.K.P.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (I.C.); (I.T.); (M.-E.I.); (G.K.P.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (I.C.); (I.T.); (M.-E.I.); (G.K.P.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (I.C.); (I.T.); (M.-E.I.); (G.K.P.); (A.B.)
- Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Devices (AMDeLab), Faculty of Sciences, School of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (I.C.); (I.T.); (M.-E.I.); (G.K.P.); (A.B.)
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (V.G.); (R.P.)
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (V.G.); (R.P.)
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (I.C.); (I.T.); (M.-E.I.); (G.K.P.); (A.B.)
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Wang Y, Liang J, Deng C, Sun R, Fu PX, Wang BW, Gao S, Huang W. Two-Electron Oxidations at a Single Cerium Center. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:22466-22474. [PMID: 37738079 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
Abstract
Two-electron oxidations are ubiquitous and play a key role in the synthesis and catalysis. For transition metals and actinides, two-electron oxidation often takes place at a single-metal site. However, redox reactions at rare-earth metals have been limited to one-electron processes due to the lack of accessible oxidation states. Despite recent advancements in nontraditional oxidation state chemistry, the low stability of low-valent compounds and large disparity among different oxidation states prevented the implementation of two-electron processes at a single rare-earth metal center. Here we report two-electron oxidations at a cerium(II) center to yield cerium(IV) terminal oxo and imido complexes. A series of cerium(II-IV) complexes supported by a tripodal tris(amido)arene ligand were synthesized and characterized. Experimental and theoretical studies revealed that the cerium(II) complex is best described as a 4f2 ion stabilized by δ-backdonation to the anchoring arene, while the cerium(IV) oxo and imido complexes exhibit multiple bonding characters. The accomplishment of two-electron oxidations at a single cerium center brings a new facet to molecular rare-earth metal chemistry.
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- Yi Wang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric Materials and Devices, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric Materials and Devices, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
- Spin-X Institute, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory of Optoelectronic and Magnetic Functional Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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Li T, Wang D, Heng Y, Hou G, Zi G, Walter MD. Reactivity of a Lewis base-supported uranium terminal imido metallocene towards small molecules. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:13618-13630. [PMID: 37698550 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt02165c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
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The Lewis base-supported uranium terminal imido metallocene [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2UN(p-tolyl)(dmap) (1) readily reacts with various small molecules such as internal alkynes, isothiocyanates, thioketones, amidates, organic nitriles and imines, chlorosilanes, copper iodide, diphenyl disulfide, organic azides and diazoalkane derivatives. For example, treatment of 1 with PhCCCCPh and PhNCS forms metallaheterocycles originating from a [2 + 2] cycloaddition to yield [η5-1-(p-tolyl)NC(Ph)CHCC(Ph)CH2Si(Me)2-2,4-(Me3Si)2C5H2][η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]U (2) and [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2U[N(p-tolyl)C(NPh)S](dmap) (3), respectively. The reaction of 1 with the thioketone Ph2CS forms the known uranium sulfido complex [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2US(dmap) (4), which reacts with a second molecule of Ph2CS to give the disulfido compound [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2U(S2CPh2) (5). The imido moiety also promotes deprotonation reactions as illustrated in the reactions with the amide PhCONH(p-tolyl), the nitrile PhCH2CN and the imine (p-tolyl)2CNH to form the bis-amidate [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2U[OC(Ph)N(p-tolyl)]2 (7), and the iminato complexes [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2U[N(p-tolyl)C(CH2Ph)NH](NCCHPh) (8) and [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2U[NH(p-tolyl)][NC(p-tolyl)2] (9), respectively. Addition of PhSiH2Cl to 1 yields [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2U(Cl)[N(p-tolyl)SiH2Ph] (10). In contrast, the uranium(V) imido complexes [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2UN(p-tolyl)(I) (11) and [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2UN(p-tolyl)(SPh) (12), may be isolated upon addition of CuI or Ph2S2 to 1, respectively. Uranium(VI) bis-imido metallocenes [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2UN(p-tolyl)(NR) (R = p-tolyl (13), mesityl (14)) and [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2UN(p-tolyl)[NN(9-C13H8)] (15) are accessible from 1 on exposure to RN3 (R = p-tolyl, mesityl) and 9-diazofluorene, respectively. Complexes 2, 3, 5, and 7-15 were characterized by various spectroscopic techniques and, in addition, compounds 2, 3, 5, and 7-13 were structurally authenticated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses.
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- Tongyu Li
- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
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Galley SS, Higgins R, Kiernicki JJ, Lopez LM, Walensky JR, Schelter EJ, Zeller M, Bart SC. Synthesis, Characterization, and Reduction of Thorium Pyridinediimine Complexes. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:15819-15823. [PMID: 37713645 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/17/2023]
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A family of thorium complexes featuring the redox-noninnocent pyridinediimine ligand MesPDIMe was synthesized, including (MesPDIMe)ThCl4 (1-Th), (MesPDIMe)ThCl3(THF) (2-Th), (MesPDIMe)ThCl2(THF)2 (3-Th) and [(MesPDIMe)Th(THF)]2 (5-Th) Full characterization of these species shows that these complexes feature MesPDIMe in four different oxidation states. The electronic structures of these complexes have been explored using 1H NMR and electronic absorption spectroscopies, X-ray crystallography, and SQUID magnetometry where appropriate.
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- Shane S Galley
- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, United States
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, United States
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- Chemistry Building, University of Missouri─Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, United States
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, United States
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Rieser TE, Wetzel P, Maichle-Mössmer C, Sirsch P, Anwander R. A Terminal Yttrium Phosphinidene. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:17720-17733. [PMID: 37531590 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c04335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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Terminal, nondirectional ionic "multiple" bond interactions between group 15 elements and rare-earth metals (Ln) have remained a challenging target until present. Although reports on terminal imide species have accumulated in the meantime, examples of terminal congeners with the higher homologue phosphorus are yet elusive. Herein, we present the synthesis of the first terminal yttrium organophosphinidene complex, TptBu,MeY(═PC6H3iPr2-2,6)(DMAP)2, according to a double-deprotonation sequence previously established for organoimides of the smaller rare-earth metals. Subsequent deprotonation of the primary phosphane H2PC6H3iPr2-2,6 (H2PAriPr) with discrete dimethyl compound TptBu,MeYMe2 in the presence of DMAP under simultaneous methane elimination generated a terminal multiply bonded phosphorus. The primary phosphide intermediates TptBu,MeYMe(HPAriPr) and TptBu,MeYMe(HNPAriPr)(DMAP) are isolable species and were also obtained and fully characterized for holmium and dysprosium. The Lewis acid-stabilized yttrium phosphinidene TptBu,MeY[(μ2-PAriPr)(μ2-Me)AlMe2] was obtained by treatment of H2PAriPr with TptBu,MeYMe(AlMe4) but could not be converted into a terminal phosphinidene via cleavage of trimethylaluminum. The corresponding reaction of H2PAriPr with TptBu,MeYMe(GaMe4) led to adduct [GaMe3(PH2AriPr)] rather than to the formation of a yttrium phosphinidene. The yttrium-phosphorus interaction in the obtained organophosphide and phosphinidene complexes was scrutinized by 31P/89Y NMR spectroscopy and DFT calculations, unambiguously supporting the existence of multiple bonding.
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- Theresa E Rieser
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Guo Y, Li X, Liu K, Hu K, Mei L, Chai Z, Gibson JK, Yu J, Shi W. Tetravalent Uranium and Thorium Complexes: Elucidating Disparate Reactivities of An IVCl 2 (An = U, Th) Supported by a Pyridine-Decorated Dianionic Ligand. Inorg Chem 2023. [PMID: 37377407 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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Although synthesis, reactivity, and bonding of U(IV) and Th(IV) complexes have been extensively studied, direct comparison of fully analogous compounds is rare. Herein, we report corresponding complexes 1-U and 1-Th, in which U(IV) and Th(IV) are supported by the tetradentate pyridine-decorated dianionic ligand N2NN' (1,1,1-trimethyl-N-(2-(((pyridin-2-ylmethyl)(2-((trimethylsilyl)amino)benzyl)amino)methyl)phenyl)silanamine). Although 1-U and 1-Th are structurally very similar, they display disparate reactivities with TMS3SiK (tris(trimethylsilyl)silylpotassium). The reaction of (N2NN')UCl2 (1-U) and 1 equiv of TMS3SiK in THF unexpectedly formed [Cl(N2NN')U]2O (2-U) featuring an unusual bent U-O-U moiety. In contrast, a salt elimination reaction between (N2NN')ThCl2 (1-Th) and 1 equiv of TMS3SiK led to thorium complex 2-Th, in which the pyridyl group has undergone a 1,4-addition nucleophilic attack. Complex 2-Th serves as a synthon for preparing dimetallic bis-azide complex 3-Th by reaction with NaN3. The complexes were characterized by X-ray crystal diffraction, solution NMR, FT-IR, and elemental analysis. Computations of the formation mechanism of 2-U from 1-U suggest reduced U(III) as a key intermediate for promoting the cleavage of the C-O bonds of THF. The inaccessible nature of Th(III) as an intermediate oxidation state explains the very different reactivity of 1-Th versus 1-U. Given that reactants 1-U and 1-Th and products 2-U and 2-Th all comprise tetravalent actinides, this is an unusual case of very disparate reactivity despite no net change in the oxidation state. Complexes 2-U and 3-Th provide a basis for the synthesis of other dinuclear actinide complexes with novel reactivity and properties.
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- Yan Guo
- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Fundamental Science on Nuclear Safety and Simulation Technology Laboratory, College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Merriles DM, London A, Tieu E, Nielson C, Morse MD. Probing the Chemical Bond between Lanthanides and Carbon: CeC, PrC, NdC, LuC, and TmC 2. Inorg Chem 2023. [PMID: 37285469 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Resonant two-photon ionization experiments have been conducted to probe the bond dissociation energy (BDE) of the lanthanide-carbon bond, allowing the BDEs of CeC, PrC, NdC, LuC, and Tm-C2 to be measured to high precision. Values of D0(CeC) = 4.893(3) eV, D0(PrC) = 4.052(3) eV, D0(NdC) = 3.596(3) eV, D0(LuC) = 3.685(4) eV, and D0(Tm-C2) = 4.797(6) eV are obtained. Additionally, the adiabatic ionization energy of LuC was measured, giving IE(LuC) = 7.05(3) eV. The electronic structure of these species, along with the previously measured LaC, has been further investigated using quantum chemical calculations. Despite LaC, CeC, PrC, and NdC having ground electronic configurations that differ only in the number of 4f electrons present and have virtually identical bond orders, bond lengths, fundamental stretching frequencies, and metallic oxidation states, a peculiar 1.30 eV range in bond dissociation energies exists for these molecules. A natural bond orbital analysis shows that the metal atoms in these molecules have a natural charge of +1 with a 5d2 4fn 6s0 configuration while the carbon atom has a natural charge of -1 and a 2p3 configuration. The diabatic bond dissociation energies, calculated with respect to the lowest energy level of this separated ion configuration, show a greatly reduced energy range of 0.32 eV, with the diabatic BDE decreasing as the amount of 4f character in the σ-bond increases. Thus, the wide range of measured BDEs for these molecules is a consequence of the variation in atomic promotion energies at the separated ion limit. TmC2 has a smaller BDE than the other LnC2 molecules, due to the tiny amount of 5d participation in the valence molecular orbitals.
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- Dakota M Merriles
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Hsueh FC, Rajeshkumar T, Kooij B, Scopelliti R, Severin K, Maron L, Zivkovic I, Mazzanti M. Bonding and Reactivity in Terminal versus Bridging Arenide Complexes of Thorium Acting as Th II Synthons. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202215846. [PMID: 36576035 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202215846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Thorium redox chemistry is extremely scarce due to the high stability of ThIV . Here we report two unique examples of thorium arenide complexes prepared by reduction of a ThIV -siloxide complex in presence of naphthalene, the mononuclear arenide complex [K(OSi(Ot Bu)3 )3 Th(η6 -C10 H8 )] (1) and the inverse-sandwich complex [K(OSi(Ot Bu)3 )3 Th]2 (μ-η6 ,η6 -C10 H8 )] (2). The electrons stored in these complexes allow the reduction of a broad range of substrates (N2 O, AdN3 , CO2 , HBBN). Higher reactivity was found for the complex 1 which reacts with the diazoolefin IDipp=CN2 to yield the unexpected ThIV amidoalkynyl complex 5 via a terminal N-heterocyclic vinylidene intermediate. This work showed that arenides can act as convenient redox-active ligands for implementing thorium-ligand cooperative multielectron transfer and that the reactivity can be tuned by the arenide binding mode.
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- Fang-Che Hsueh
- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-objets, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, 31077, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- Laboratory of Supramolecular Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Supramolecular Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-objets, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, 31077, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism, Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Wilson HH, Yu X, Cheisson T, Smith PW, Pandey P, Carroll PJ, Minasian SG, Autschbach J, Schelter EJ. Synthesis and Characterization of a Bridging Cerium(IV) Nitride Complex. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:781-786. [PMID: 36603174 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c12145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Complexes featuring lanthanide-ligand multiple bonds are rare and highly reactive. They are important synthetic targets to understand 4f/5d-bonding in comparison to d-block and actinide congeners. Herein, the isolation and characterization of a bridging cerium(IV)-nitride complex: [(TriNOx)Ce(Li2μ-N)Ce(TriNOx)][BArF4] is reported, the first example of a molecular cerium-nitride. The compound was isolated by deprotonating a monometallic cerium(IV)-ammonia complex: [CeIV(NH3)(TriNOx)][BArF4]. The average Ce═N bond length of [(TriNOx)Ce(Li2μ-N)Ce(TriNOx)][BArF4] was 2.117(3) Å. Vibrational studies of the 15N-isotopomer exhibited a shift of the Ce═N═Ce asymmetric stretch from ν = 644 cm-1 to 640 cm-1, and X-ray spectroscopic studies confirm the +4 oxidation state of cerium. Computational analyses showed strong involvement of the cerium 4f shell in bonding with overall 16% and 11% cerium weight in the σ- and π-bonds of the Ce═N═Ce fragment, respectively.
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- Henry H Wilson
- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Buffalo, 732 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Buffalo, 732 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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Liu K, Chi XW, Guo Y, Wu QY, Hu KQ, Mei L, Chai ZF, Yu JP, Shi WQ. Synthesis of Trapen Ligand-Based U(IV) and Th(IV) 2-Phosphaethynolate Complexes and Comparison of Covalency with Corresponding Ti(IV) Analogues. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:17993-18001. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Kang Liu
- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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Pandey P, Yu X, Panetti GB, Lapsheva E, Gau MR, Carroll PJ, Autschbach J, Schelter EJ. Synthesis, Electrochemical, and Computational Studies of Organocerium(III) Complexes with Ce–Aryl Sigma Bonds. Organometallics 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Pragati Pandey
- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34 Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34 Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34 Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34 Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34 Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34 Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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Niu Q, Huang Q, Yu TY, Liu J, Shi JW, Dong LZ, Li SL, Lan YQ. Achieving High Photo/Thermocatalytic Product Selectivity and Conversion via Thorium Clusters with Switchable Functional Ligands. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:18586-18594. [PMID: 36191239 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c08258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Structural exploration and functional application of thorium clusters are still very rare on account of their difficult synthesis caused by the susceptible hydrolysis of thorium element. In this work, we elaborately designed and constructed four stable thorium clusters modified with different functionalized capping ligands, Th6-MA, Th6-BEN, Th6-C8A, and Th6-Fcc, which possessed nearly the same hexanuclear thorium-oxo core but different capabilities in light absorption and charge separation. Consequently, for the first time, these new thorium clusters were treated as model catalysts to systematically investigate the light-induced oxidative coupling reaction of benzylamine and thermodriven oxidation of aniline, achieving >90% product selectivity and approximately 100% conversion, respectively. Concurrently, we found that thorium clusters modified by switchable functional ligands can effectively modulate the selectivity and conversion of catalytic reaction products. Moreover, catalytic characterization and density functional theory calculations consistently indicated that these thorium clusters can activate O2/H2O2 to generate active intermediates O2·-/HOO· and then improved the conversion of amines efficiently. Significantly, this work represents the first report of stable thorium clusters applied to photo/thermotriggered catalytic reactions and puts forward a new design avenue for the construction of more efficient thorium cluster catalysts.
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- Qian Niu
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China.,School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
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Vitova T, Faizova R, Amaro-Estrada JI, Maron L, Pruessmann T, Neill T, Beck A, Schacherl B, Tirani FF, Mazzanti M. The mechanism of Fe induced bond stability of uranyl(v). Chem Sci 2022; 13:11038-11047. [PMID: 36320468 PMCID: PMC9517057 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc03416f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 08/02/2023] Open
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The stabilization of uranyl(v) (UO2 1 + ) by Fe(ii) in natural systems remains an open question in uranium chemistry. Stabilization of UVO2 1+ by Fe(ii) against disproportionation was also demonstrated in molecular complexes. However, the relation between the Fe(ii) induced stability and the change of the bonding properties have not been elucidated up to date. We demonstrate that U(v) - oaxial bond covalency decreases upon binding to Fe(ii) inducing redirection of electron density from the U(v) - oaxial bond towards the U(v) - equatorial bonds thereby increasing bond covalency. Our results indicate that such increased covalent interaction of U(v) with the equatorial ligands resulting from iron binding lead to higher stability of uranyl(v). For the first time a combination of U M4,5 high energy resolution X-ray absorption near edge structure (HR-XANES) and valence band resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (VB-RIXS) and ab initio multireference CASSCF and DFT based computations were applied to establish the electronic structure of iron-bound uranyl(v).
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- Tonya Vitova
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE) P.O. 3640 D-76021 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- LPCNO, University of Toulouse INSA Toulouse 135, Avenue de Rangueil Toulouse Cedex 31077 France
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- LPCNO, University of Toulouse INSA Toulouse 135, Avenue de Rangueil Toulouse Cedex 31077 France
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE) P.O. 3640 D-76021 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE) P.O. 3640 D-76021 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE) P.O. 3640 D-76021 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE) P.O. 3640 D-76021 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Lin X, Mo Y. On the Bonding Nature in the Crystalline Tri-Thorium Cluster: Core-Shell Syngenetic σ-Aromaticity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202209658. [PMID: 35856937 PMCID: PMC9541753 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202209658] [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: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A unique thorium-thorium bond was observed in the crystalline tri-thorium cluster [{Th(η8 -C8 H8 )(μ3 -Cl)2 }3 {K(THF)2 }2 ]∞ , though the claim of σ-aromaticity for Th3 bond has been questioned. Herein, a new type of core-shell syngenetic bonding model is proposed to describe the stability of this tri-thorium cluster. The model involves a 3c-2e bond in the Th3 core and a multicentered (ThCl2 )3 charge-shift bond with 12 electrons scattering along the outer shell. To differentiate the strengths of the 3c-2e bond and the charge-shift bond, the block-localized wavefunction (BLW) method which falls into the ab initio valence bond (VB) theory is employed to construct a strictly core/shell localized state and its contributing covalent resonance structure for the Th3 core bond. By comparing with the σ-aromatic H3 + and nonaromatic Li3 + , the computed resonance energies and extra cyclic resonance energies confirm that this Th3 core bond is truly delocalized and σ-aromatic.
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- Xuhui Lin
- Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Biomimetic Synthesis of Natural DrugsSchool of Life Science and EngineeringSouthwest Jiaotong UniversityChengdu610031China
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- Department of NanoscienceJoint School of Nanoscience and NanoengineeringUniversity of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboroNC 27401USA
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Tamain C, Autillo M, Guillaumont D, Guérin L, Wilson RE, Berthon C. Structural and Bonding Analysis in Monomeric Actinide(IV) Oxalate from Th(IV) to Pu(IV): Comparison with the An(IV) Nitrate Series. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:12337-12348. [PMID: 35881850 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SC-XRD) structures and Raman spectra of a series of new isomorphous molecular An(IV)-oxalate compounds (Th, U, Np, and Pu) are reported. These complexes are crystallized with cobalt(III) hexamine ([Co(NH3)6]3+) as the counter cations, [Co(NH3)6]2[An(C2O4)5]·4H2O, revealing five bidentate nonbridging oxalate ligands in the first coordination sphere (CN = 10). The nonbridging oxalate is rather uncommon for An(IV)-oxalate systems, which are widely characterized as polymeric compounds. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to examine the bonding between An(IV) cations and oxalate ligands. For comparison, we also report results obtained for the An(IV)-hexanitrate series, [(C2H5)4N]2[An(NO3)6] (with An = Th, U, Np, Pu, and Ce), which consists of O-donor ligands as well but with a larger coordination number (CN = 12). The bonding analysis confirms that the actinide-oxygen bond is predominantly ionic with a minor increase in covalency from Th to U and slight variations from U to Pu. Further comparison showed that the charge transfer increases slightly when increasing the number of anions in the coordination sphere (C2O42-: CN = 10; NO3-: CN = 12), but covalent effects as indicated by the amount of internuclear electron density accumulation are small and similar for oxalate and nitrate.
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, 34000 Marcoule, France
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, 34000 Marcoule, France
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Lin X, Mo Y. On the Bonding Nature in the Crystalline Tri‐Thorium Cluster: Core‐Shell Syngenetic σ‐Aromaticity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202209658] [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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- Xuhui Lin
- Southwest Jiaotong University School of Life Science and Engineering CHINA
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- University of North Carolina at Greensboro Department of Nanoscience 2907 E. Gate City Blvd 27401 Greensboro UNITED STATES
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Weberg AB, Chaudhuri S, Cheisson T, Uruburo C, Lapsheva E, Pandey P, Gau MR, Carroll PJ, Schatz GC, Schelter EJ. Tantalum, easy as Pi: understanding differences in metal-imido bonding towards improving Ta/Nb separations. Chem Sci 2022; 13:6796-6805. [PMID: 35774165 PMCID: PMC9200122 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc01926d] [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: 04/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The separation and purification of niobium and tantalum, which co-occur in natural sources, is difficult due to their similar physical and chemical properties. The current industrial method for separating Ta/Nb mixtures uses an energy-intensive process with caustic and toxic conditions. It is of interest to develop alternative, fundamental methodologies for the purification of these technologically important metals that improve upon their environmental impact. Herein, we introduce new Ta/Nb imido compounds: M( t BuN)(TriNOx) (1-M) bound by the TriNOx3- ligand and demonstrate a fundamental, proof-of-concept Ta/Nb separation based on differences in the imido reactivities. Despite the nearly identical structures of 1-M, density functional theory (DFT)-computed electronic structures of 1-M indicate enhanced basic character of the imido group in 1-Ta as compared to 1-Nb. Accordingly, the rate of CO2 insertion into the M[double bond, length as m-dash]Nimido bond of 1-Ta to form a carbamate complex (2-Ta) was selective compared to the analogous, unobserved reaction with 1-Nb. Differences in solubility between the imido and carbamate complexes allowed for separation of the carbamate complex, and led to an efficient Ta/Nb separation (S Ta/Nb = 404 ± 150) dependent on the kinetic differences in nucleophilicities between the imido moieties in 1-Ta and 1-Nb.
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- Alexander B Weberg
- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S. 34th St. Philadelphia PA 19104 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Rd. Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S. 34th St. Philadelphia PA 19104 USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S. 34th St. Philadelphia PA 19104 USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S. 34th St. Philadelphia PA 19104 USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S. 34th St. Philadelphia PA 19104 USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S. 34th St. Philadelphia PA 19104 USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S. 34th St. Philadelphia PA 19104 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Rd. Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S. 34th St. Philadelphia PA 19104 USA
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Chen Z, Yang J. Bonding properties of molecular cerium oxides tuned by the 4 f-block from ab initio perspective. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:211101. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0090214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Probing chemical bonding in molecules containing lanthanide elements is of theoretical interest, yet it is computationally challenging because of the large valence space, relativistic effects, and considerable electron correlation. We report a high-level ab initio study that quantifies the many-body nature of Ce–O bonding with the coordination environment of the Ce center and particularly the roles of the 4 f orbitals. The growing significance of the overlap between Ce 4 f and O 2 p orbitals with the increasing coordination of Ce atoms enhances Ce–O bond covalency and in return directs the molecular geometry. Upon partial reduction from neutral to anionic ceria, the excessive electrons populate the Ce-centered localized 4 f orbital. The interplay between the admixture and localization of the 4 f-block dually modulates bonding patterns of cerium oxide molecules, underlying the importance of many-body interactions between ligands and various lanthanide elements.
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- Ziyong Chen
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Quantum AI Lab Ltd., Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong, China
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Shafi Z, Gibson JK. Lanthanide Complexes Containing a Terminal Ln═O Oxo Bond: Revealing Higher Stability of Tetravalent Praseodymium versus Terbium. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:7075-7087. [PMID: 35476904 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We report on the reactivity of gas-phase lanthanide-oxide nitrate complexes, [Ln(O)(NO3)3]- (denoted LnO2+), produced via elimination of NO2• from trivalent [LnIII(NO3)4]- (Ln = Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Tb, Dy). These complexes feature a LnIII-O• oxyl, a LnIV═O oxo, or an intermediate LnIII/IV oxyl/oxo bond, depending on the accessibility of the tetravalent LnIV state. Hydrogen atom abstraction reactivity of the LnO2+ complexes to form unambiguously trivalent [LnIII(OH)(NO3)3]- reveals the nature of the oxide bond. The result of slower reactivity of PrO2+ versus TbO2+ is considered to indicate higher stability of the tetravalent praseodymium-oxo, PrIV═O, versus TbIV═O. This is the first report of PrIV as more stable than TbIV, which is discussed with respect to ionization potentials, standard electrode potentials, atomic promotion energies, and oxo bond covalency via 4f- and/or 5d-orbital participation.
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- Ziad Shafi
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Li B, Gu X, Jin P. Overlooked Effects of La-4f Orbitals in Endohedral Metallofullerenes. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:5891-5902. [PMID: 35381176 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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For endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs), a central issue is how to correctly describe the intracluster and metal-cage interactions, which are critical for understanding their structures, stabilities, and various properties. In this work, density functional theory calculations were carried out for 13 La-based EMFs covering all four reported types and a rather wide cage size range (C32-C104). The results reveal that the usually core-like lanthanide 4f subshell may play a critical role in the structural characteristics, energetic stabilities, frontier orbital energy levels, metal charges, and chemical reactivities of these endofullerenes. Regardless of the encapsulated forms, the La-4f contributions to the chemical bonding and structural stability increase with the reduced cage sizes because of the gradually enhanced cage confinement. The combination of metal-to-nonmetal charge transfer and compression of the cage cavity exposes and effectively activates the otherwise chemically inert 4f orbitals. By disclosing the important role of long-neglected metal orbitals inside fullerenes, the current work not only deepens our understanding of EMFs, but also provides new insights into the chemical bondings in general confined spaces at the subnanometer scale.
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- Bo Li
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China.,Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials for Ecological Environment and Information, Hebei University of Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300130, China
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Rieser TE, Thim-Spöring R, Schädle D, Sirsch P, Litlabø R, Törnroos KW, Maichle-Mössmer C, Anwander R. Open-Shell Early Lanthanide Terminal Imides. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:4102-4113. [PMID: 35212218 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c13142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Group 3- and 4f-element organometallic chemistry and reactivity are decisively driven by the rare-earth-metal/lanthanide (Ln) ion size and associated electronegativity/ionicity/Lewis acidity criteria. For these reasons, the synthesis of terminal "unsupported" imides [Ln═NR] of the smaller, closed-shell Sc(III), Lu(III), Y(III), and increasingly covalent Ce(IV) has involved distinct reaction protocols while derivatives of the "early" large Ln(III) have remained elusive. Herein, we report such terminal imides of open-shell lanthanide cations Ce(III), Nd(III), and Sm(III) according to a new reaction protocol. Lewis-acid-stabilized methylidene complexes [TptBu,MeLn(μ3-CH2){(μ2-Me)MMe2}2] (Ln = Ce, Nd, Sm; M = Al, Ga) react with 2,6-diisopropylaniline (H2NAriPr) via methane elimination. The formation of arylimide complexes is governed by the Ln(III) size, the Lewis acidity of the group 13 metal alkyl, steric factors, the presence of a donor solvent, and the sterics and acidity (pKa) of the aromatic amine. Crucially, terminal arylimides [TptBu,MeLn(═NAriPr)(THF)2] (Ln = Ce, Nd, Sm) are formed only for M = Ga, and for M = Al, the Lewis-acid-stabilized imides [TptBu,MeLn(NAriPr)(AlMe3)] (Ln = Ce, Nd, Sm) are persistent. In stark contrast, the [GaMe3]-stabilized imide [TptBu,MeLn(NAriPr)(GaMe3)] (Ln = Nd, Sm) is reversibly formed in noncoordinating solvents.
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- Theresa E Rieser
- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, Allégaten 41, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, Allégaten 41, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Hsueh FC, Barluzzi L, Keener M, Rajeshkumar T, Maron L, Scopelliti R, Mazzanti M. Reactivity of Multimetallic Thorium Nitrides Generated by Reduction of Thorium Azides. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:3222-3232. [PMID: 35138846 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c13150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Thorium nitrides are likely intermediates in the reported cleavage and functionalization of dinitrogen by molecular thorium complexes and are attractive compounds for the study of multiple bond formation in f-element chemistry, but only one example of thorium nitride isolable from solution was reported. Here, we show that stable multimetallic azide/nitride thorium complexes can be generated by reduction of thorium azide precursors─a route that has failed so far to produce Th nitrides. Once isolated, the thorium azide/nitride clusters, M3Th═N═Th (M = K or Cs), are stable in solutions probably due to the presence of alkali ions capping the nitride, but their synthesis requires a careful control of the reaction conditions (solvent, temperature, nature of precursor, and alkali ion). The nature of the cation plays an important role in generating a nitride product and results in large structural differences with a bent Th═N═Th moiety found in the K-bound nitride as a result of a strong K-nitride interaction and a linear arrangement in the Cs-bound nitride. Reactivity studies demonstrated the ability of Th nitrides to cleave CO in ambient conditions yielding CN-.
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- Fang-Che Hsueh
- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-objets, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, 31077 Cedex 4 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-objets, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, 31077 Cedex 4 Toulouse, France
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Vitova T, Roesky PW, Dehnen S. Open questions on bonding involving lanthanide atoms. Commun Chem 2022; 5:12. [PMID: 36697796 PMCID: PMC9814189 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-022-00630-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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- T Vitova
- Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. 3640, D-76021, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, P.O. 3640, D-76021, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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- Fachbereich Chemie and Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für Materialwissenschaften, Philipps-Universität Marburg, D-35043, Marburg, Germany.
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Sergentu DC, Autschbach J. X-ray absorption spectra of f-element complexes: insight from relativistic multiconfigurational wavefunction theory. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:1754-1764. [PMID: 35022645 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt04075h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy, coupled with ab initio calculations, has emerged as the state-of-the-art tool for elucidating the metal-ligand bonding in f-element complexes. This highlight presents recent efforts in calculating XANES spectra of lanthanide and actinide compounds with relativistic multiconfiguration wavefunction approaches that account for differences in donation bonding in the ground state (GS) versus a core-excited state (ES), multiplet effects, and spin-orbit-coupling. With the GS and ES wavefunctions available, including spin-orbit effects, an arsenal of chemical bonding tools that are popular among chemists can be applied to rationalize the observed intensities in terms of covalent bonding.
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- Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu
- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA.
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Zhu Z, Tang J. Metal–metal bond in lanthanide single-molecule magnets. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:9469-9481. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00516f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This review surveys recent critical advances in lanthanide SMMs, highlighting the influences of metal–metal bonds on the magnetization dynamics.
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- Zhenhua Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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Wang ZL, Chen TT, Chen WJ, Li WL, Zhao J, Jiang XL, Li J, Wang LS, Hu HS. The smallest 4f-metalla-aromatic molecule of cyclo-PrB 2− with Pr–B multiple bonds. Chem Sci 2022; 13:10082-10094. [PMID: 36128247 PMCID: PMC9430590 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc02852b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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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.![]()
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- Zhen-Ling Wang
- Department of Chemistry & Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence 02912, Rhode Island, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence 02912, Rhode Island, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry & Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence 02912, Rhode Island, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Goodwin CAP, Janicke MT, Scott BL, Gaunt AJ. [AnI 3(THF) 4] (An = Np, Pu) Preparation Bypassing An 0 Metal Precursors: Access to Np 3+/Pu 3+ Nonaqueous and Organometallic Complexes. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:20680-20696. [PMID: 34854294 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c07967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Direct comparison of homologous molecules provides a foundation from which to elucidate both subtle and patent changes in reactivity patterns, redox processes, and bonding properties across a series of elements. While trivalent molecular U chemistry is richly developed, analogous Np or Pu research has long been hindered by synthetic routes often requiring scarcely available metallic-phase source material, high-temperature solid-state reactions producing poorly soluble binary halides, or the use of pyrophoric reagents. The development of routes to nonaqueous Np3+/Pu3+ from widely available precursors can potentially transform the scope and pace of research into actinide periodicity. Here, aqueous stocks of An4+ (An = Np, Pu) are dehydrated to well-defined [AnCl4(DME)2] (DME = 1,2-dimethoxyethane), and then a single-step halide exchange/reduction employing Me3SiI produces [AnI3(THF)4] (THF = tetrahydrofuran) in a high to nearly quantitative crystalline yield (with I2 and Me3SiCl as easily removed byproducts). We demonstrate the synthetic utility of these An-iodide molecules, prepared by metal0-free routes, through characterization of archetypal complexes including the tris-silylamide, [Np{N(SiMe3)2}3], and bent metallocenes, [An(C5Me5)2(I)(THF)] (An = Np, Pu)─chosen because both motifs are ubiquitous in Th, U, and lanthanide research. The synthesis of [Np{N(Se═PPh2)2}3] is also reported, completing an isomorphous series that now extends from U to Am and is the first characterized Np3+-Se bond.
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- Conrad A P Goodwin
- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Materials Physics & Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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Cong F, Cheng J, Cho HG, Huang T, Wang X, Andrews L. M←NCCH 3, M-η 2-(NC)-CH 3, and CN-M-CH 3 Prepared by Reactions of Ce, Sm, Eu, and Lu Atoms with Acetonitrile: Matrix Infrared Spectra and Theoretical Calculations. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:17649-17656. [PMID: 34747602 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The reactions of laser-ablated Ce, Sm, Eu, and Lu atoms with acetonitrile were studied by matrix infrared spectra in a neon matrix, and M←NCCH3, M-η2-(NC)-CH3, and CN-M-CH3 were identified with isotopic substitution and quantum chemical calculations. The major product is the insertion complex (CN-M-CH3), while the end-on and side-on complexes (M←NCCH3 and M-η2-(NC)-CH3) are also trapped in the matrix. The CCN antisymmetric stretching mode for Ce-η2-(NC)-CH3 was observed at 1536.9 cm-1, which is much lower than the same modes observed for other lanthanides. NBO analysis reveals that Ce exhibits a remarkable 4f-orbital contribution in bonding to N and to C, reconfirming an active 4f-orbital contribution of cerium in bonding in the side-on complex, while the 4f contributions of Sm and Eu to the M-N and M-C bonds are much lower and the 4f orbital of Lu is not involved in bonding.
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- Fei Cong
- School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Incheon National University, 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 22012 South Korea
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- School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400319, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4319, United States
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Rheinfrank E, Pörtner M, Nuñez Beyerle MDC, Haag F, Deimel PS, Allegretti F, Seufert K, Barth JV, Bocquet ML, Feulner P, Auwärter W. Actinide Coordination Chemistry on Surfaces: Synthesis, Manipulation, and Properties of Thorium Bis(porphyrinato) Complexes. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:14581-14591. [PMID: 34477375 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c04982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Actinide-based metal-organic complexes and coordination architectures encompass intriguing properties and functionalities but are still largely unexplored on surfaces. We introduce the in situ synthesis of actinide tetrapyrrole complexes under ultrahigh-vacuum conditions, on both a metallic support and a 2D material. Specifically, exposure of a tetraphenylporphyrin (TPP) multilayer to an elemental beam of thorium followed by a temperature-programmed reaction and desorption of surplus molecules yields bis(porphyrinato)thorium (Th(TPP)2) assemblies on Ag(111) and hexagonal boron nitride/Cu(111). A multimethod characterization including X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, temperature-programmed desorption, and complementary density functional theory modeling provides insights into conformational and electronic properties. Supramolecular assemblies of Th(TPP)2 as well as individual double-deckers are addressed with submolecular precision, e.g., demonstrating the reversible rotation of the top porphyrin in Th(TPP)2 by molecular manipulation. Our findings thus demonstrate prospects for actinide-based functional nanoarchitectures.
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- Erik Rheinfrank
- Physics Department E20, Technical University of Munich, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department E20, Technical University of Munich, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department E20, Technical University of Munich, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department E20, Technical University of Munich, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department E20, Technical University of Munich, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department E20, Technical University of Munich, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department E20, Technical University of Munich, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- PASTEUR, Départment de Chimie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Physics Department E20, Technical University of Munich, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics Department E20, Technical University of Munich, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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Lanthanides and actinides: Annual survey of their organometallic chemistry covering the year 2019. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.213830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Munz D, Meyer K. Charge frustration in ligand design and functional group transfer. Nat Rev Chem 2021; 5:422-439. [PMID: 37118028 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-021-00276-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Molecules with different resonance structures of similar importance, such as heterocumulenes and mesoionics, are prominent in many applications of chemistry, including 'click chemistry', photochemistry, switching and sensing. In coordination chemistry, similar chameleonic/schizophrenic entities are referred to as ambidentate/ambiphilic or cooperative ligands. Examples of these had remained, for a long time, limited to a handful of archetypal compounds that were mere curiosities. In this Review, we describe ambiphilicity - or, rather, 'charge frustration' - as a general guiding principle for ligand design and functional group transfer. We first give a historical account of organic zwitterions and discuss their electronic structures and applications. Our discussion then focuses on zwitterionic ligands and their metal complexes, such as those of ylidic and redox-active ligands. Finally, we present new approaches to single-atom transfer using cumulated small molecules and outline emerging areas, such as bond activation and stable donor-acceptor ligand systems for reversible 1e- chemistry or switching.
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Shi K, Douair I, Feng G, Wang P, Zhao Y, Maron L, Zhu C. Heterometallic Clusters with Multiple Rare Earth Metal–Transition Metal Bonding. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:5998-6005. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c01771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Kaiying Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- LPCNO, CNRS & INSA, Université Paul Sabatier, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- LPCNO, CNRS & INSA, Université Paul Sabatier, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Panetti GB, Sergentu DC, Gau MR, Carroll PJ, Autschbach J, Walsh PJ, Schelter EJ. Isolation and characterization of a covalent Ce IV-Aryl complex with an anomalous 13C chemical shift. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1713. [PMID: 33731719 PMCID: PMC7969749 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21766-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The synthesis of bona fide organometallic CeIV complexes is a formidable challenge given the typically oxidizing properties of the CeIV cation and reducing tendencies of carbanions. Herein, we report a pair of compounds comprising a CeIV - Caryl bond [Li(THF)4][CeIV(κ2-ortho-oxa)(MBP)2] (3-THF) and [Li(DME)3][CeIV(κ2-ortho-oxa)(MBP)2] (3-DME), ortho-oxa = dihydro-dimethyl-2-[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-oxazolide, MBP2- = 2,2'-methylenebis(6-tert-butyl-4-methylphenolate), which exhibit CeIV - Caryl bond lengths of 2.571(7) - 2.5806(19) Å and strongly-deshielded, CeIV - Cipso 13C{1H} NMR resonances at 255.6 ppm. Computational analyses reveal the Ce contribution to the CeIV - Caryl bond of 3-THF is ~12%, indicating appreciable metal-ligand covalency. Computations also reproduce the characteristic 13C{1H} resonance, and show a strong influence from spin-orbit coupling (SOC) effects on the chemical shift. The results demonstrate that SOC-driven deshielding is present for CeIV - Cipso 13C{1H} resonances and not just for diamagnetic actinide compounds.
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- Grace B Panetti
- Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
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- Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Theoretical insights into chiral PMAADs coordinated with Am(III)/Eu(III) and separation selectivity enhanced by chiral-at Am(III)/Eu(III) complexes. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-021-07653-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Hay MA, Boskovic C. Lanthanoid Complexes as Molecular Materials: The Redox Approach. Chemistry 2021; 27:3608-3637. [PMID: 32965741 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202003761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The development of molecular materials with novel functionality offers promise for technological innovation. Switchable molecules that incorporate redox-active components are enticing candidate compounds due to their potential for electronic manipulation. Lanthanoid metals are most prevalent in their trivalent state and usually redox-activity in lanthanoid complexes is restricted to the ligand. The unique electronic and physical properties of lanthanoid ions have been exploited for various applications, including in magnetic and luminescent materials as well as in catalysis. Lanthanoid complexes are also promising for applications reliant on switchability, where the physical properties can be modulated by varying the oxidation state of a coordinated ligand. Lanthanoid-based redox activity is also possible, encompassing both divalent and tetravalent metal oxidation states. Thus, utilization of redox-active lanthanoid metals offers an attractive opportunity to further expand the capabilities of molecular materials. This review surveys both ligand and lanthanoid centered redox-activity in pre-existing molecular systems, including tuning of lanthanoid magnetic and photophysical properties by modulating the redox states of coordinated ligands. Ultimately the combination of redox-activity at both ligands and metal centers in the same molecule can afford novel electronic structures and physical properties, including multiconfigurational electronic states and valence tautomerism. Further targeted exploration of these features is clearly warranted, both to enhance understanding of the underlying fundamental chemistry, and for the generation of a potentially important new class of molecular material.
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- Moya A Hay
- School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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Qiao Y, Yin H, Moreau LM, Feng R, Higgins RF, Manor BC, Carroll PJ, Booth CH, Autschbach J, Schelter EJ. Cerium(iv) complexes with guanidinate ligands: intense colors and anomalous electronic structures. Chem Sci 2020; 12:3558-3567. [PMID: 34163629 PMCID: PMC8179493 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc05193d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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A series of cerium(iv) mixed-ligand guanidinate–amide complexes, {[(Me3Si)2NC(NiPr)2]xCeIV[N(SiMe3)2]3−x}+ (x = 0–3), was prepared by chemical oxidation of the corresponding cerium(iii) complexes, where x = 1 and 2 represent novel complexes. The Ce(iv) complexes exhibited a range of intense colors, including red, black, cyan, and green. Notably, increasing the number of the guanidinate ligands from zero to three resulted in significant redshift of the absorption bands from 503 nm (2.48 eV) to 785 nm (1.58 eV) in THF. X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectra indicated increasing f occupancy (nf) with more guanidinate ligands, and revealed the multiconfigurational ground states for all Ce(iv) complexes. Cyclic voltammetry experiments demonstrated less stabilization of the Ce(iv) oxidation state with more guanidinate ligands. Moreover, the Ce(iv) tris(guanidinate) complex exhibited temperature independent paramagnetism (TIP) arising from the small energy gap between the ground- and excited states with considerable magnetic moments. Computational analysis suggested that the origin of the low energy absorption bands was a charge transfer between guanidinate π orbitals that were close in energy to the unoccupied Ce 4f orbitals. However, the incorporation of sterically hindered guanidinate ligands inhibited optimal overlaps between Ce 5d and ligand N 2p orbitals. As a result, there was an overall decrease of ligand-to-metal donation and a less stabilized Ce(iv) oxidation state, while at the same time, more of the donated electron density ended up in the 4f shell. The results indicate that incorporating guanidinate ligands into Ce(iv) complexes gives rise to intense charge transfer bands and noteworthy electronic structures, providing insights into the stabilization of tetravalent lanthanide oxidation states. A series of cerium(iv) mixed-ligand guanidinate-amide complexes, {[(Me3Si)2NC(NiPr)2]xCeIV[N(SiMe3)2]3−x}+ (x = 0−3), was prepared by chemical oxidation and studied spectroscopically and computationally, revealing trends in 4f/5d orbital occupancies.![]()
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- Yusen Qiao
- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 South 34 Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 USA .,Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley California 94720 USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 South 34 Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley California 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York Buffalo New York 14260 USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 South 34 Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 South 34 Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 South 34 Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley California 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York Buffalo New York 14260 USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 South 34 Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 USA
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Liu K, Yu JP, Wu QY, Tao XB, Kong XH, Mei L, Hu KQ, Yuan LY, Chai ZF, Shi WQ. Rational Design of a Tripodal Ligand for U(IV): Synthesis and Characterization of a U–Cl Species and Insights into Its Reactivity. Organometallics 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Kang Liu
- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, People’s
Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People’s Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
- Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials, Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315201, People’s Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
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Kloditz R, Fichter S, Kaufmann S, Brunner TS, Kaden P, Patzschke M, Stumpf T, Roesky PW, Schmidt M, März J. Series of Tetravalent Actinide Amidinates: Structure Determination and Bonding Analysis. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:15670-15680. [PMID: 33030346 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Two series of isostructural tetravalent actinide amidinates [AnX((S)-PEBA)3] (An = Th, U, Np; X = Cl, N3) bearing the chiral (S,S)-N,N'-bis(1-phenylethyl)benzamidinate ((S)-PEBA) ligand have been synthesized and thoroughly characterized in solid and in solution. This study expands the already reported tetravalent neptunium complexes to the lighter actinides thorium and uranium. Furthermore, a rare Ce(IV) amidinate [CeCl((S)-PEBA)3] was synthesized to compare its properties to those of the analogous tetravalent actinide complexes. All compounds were characterized in the solid state using single-crystal XRD and infrared spectroscopy and in solution using NMR spectroscopy. Quantum chemical bonding analysis including also the isostructural Pa and Pu complexes was used to characterize the covalent contributions to any bond involving the metal cation. Th shows the least covalent character throughout the series, even substantially smaller than for the Ce complex. For U, Np, and Pu, similar covalent bonding contributions are found, but a natural population analysis reveals different origins. The 6d participation is the highest for U and decreases afterward, whereas the 5f participation increases continuously from Pa to Pu.
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- Roger Kloditz
- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 15, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 15, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 15, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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