Unprecedented Conversion of a Compound with Metal–Metal Bonding into a Solvated Molecular Wire
Unprecedented Conversion of a Compound with Metal–Metal Bonding into a Solvated Molecular Wire
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具有金属-金属键合的化合物前所未有地转化为溶剂化分子线
DOI:
10.1002/anie.199627721
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发表时间:
1996
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通讯作者:
K. Dunbar
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作者:
Gary M. Finniss;E. Canadell;C. Campana;K. Dunbar
One-dimensional (1 D) compounds have intrigued chemists and physicists for decades.“. A primary reason for this fascination is the theoretical prediction advanced by Little over thirty years ago that 1D conductors may exhibit high-temperature s~ perconductivity.~~~ The largest class of 1D inorganic compounds are square-planar d8 complexes that form columnar stacks in the~ olid-state.~~] The closed-shell systems are poor conductors, but oxidative doping to give a mixed-valence state leads to the onset of metallic behavior as exemplified by the partially oxidized tetracyanoplatinates (POTCPs) often referred to as Krogmann salts.‘4a3 dl Mononuclear Rh’compounds also form oligomers at high concentrations in solution and in the solid state, but oxidation of these compounds yields “dimerized” compounds with metal-metal bonding or mononuclear Rh” radicals if bulky ligands are empl~ yed.‘~”. bs61 Although less common, mixed-valence Rh ‘/Rh” species have been documented,[71 but these are also dinuclear with the exception of several well-characterized examples.[sa-‘1 It is evident from the tremendous body of available data that the formation of discrete “dimers” with metal-metal (MM) bonding (the extreme case of Peierls distortion) is a dominant theme in transition metal chemistry.[’] This situation aroused our curiosity as to the role of the ligands on the tendency for unbridged dinuclear compounds to crystallize without intermolecular metal-metal interactions. One reason for the scarcity of infinite MM bonded chains may be the fact that the typical ligands used in coordination compounds, such as carboxylates, halides, and phosphanes, do not facilitate the direct approach of metal atoms along the axial direction. In support of this theory are the reports by Peng et al., that planar diimine ligands stabilize short oligomers that exhibit both metal-metal and ligandligand interactions.[8a1 We reasoned that, given the proper ligand set, it may be possible to induce a dinuclear complex to actually “polymerize” into an infinite metal-metal bonded array. The unbridged compounds [M2 (MeCN), I4+ and [M,(MeCN) lo] 4+ with quadruple (M= Mo, Tc), triple (M= Re), and single (M= Rh) bonds were chosen for this investigation because these molecules possess only small, linear MeCN ligands whose steric effects are minimal. Our objective was to oxidize or reduce these diamagnetic molecules by one electron and to elucidate the solid-state structures of the resulting radical species. Herein we report the synthesis, X-ray crystal structure analysis, and band structure calculations