Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of a Low-Spin Cr II Complex: trans -[CrCl 2 (dmpe) 2 ] (dmpe = 1,2-Bis(dimethylphosphino)ethane)
Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of a Low-Spin Cr II Complex: trans -[CrCl 2 (dmpe) 2 ] (dmpe = 1,2-Bis(dimethylphosphino)ethane)
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低自旋 Cr II 配合物的电子结构和磁性:反式 -[CrCl 2 (dmpe) 2 ] (dmpe = 1,2-双(二甲基膦基)乙烷)
DOI:
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02471
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发表时间:
2021
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Telser, Joshua
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作者:
Zolnhofer, Eva M.;Opalade, Adedamola A.;Jackson, Timothy A.;Heinemann, Frank W.;Meyer, Karsten;Krzystek, J.;Ozarowski, Andrew;Telser, Joshua
Octahedral coordination complexes of the general formulatrans-[MX2(R2ECH2CH2ER2)2] (MII= Ti, V, Cr, Mn; E = N, P; R = alkyl, aryl) are a cornerstone of both coordination and organometallic chemistry, and many of these complexes are known to have unique electronic structures that have been incompletely examined. Thetrans-[CrCl2(dmpe)2] complex (dmpe = Me2PCH2CH2PMe2), originally reported by Girolami and co-workers in 1985, is a rare example of a six-coordinate d4system with anS= 1 (spin triplet) ground state, as opposed to the high-spin (S= 2, spin quintet) state. The ground-state properties ofS= 1 systems are challenging to study using conventional spectroscopic methods, and consequently, the electronic structure oftrans-[CrCl2(dmpe)2] has remained largely unexplored. In this present work, we have employed high-frequency and -field electron paramagnetic resonance (HFEPR) spectroscopy to characterize the ground-state electronic structure oftrans-[CrCl2(dmpe)2]. This analysis yielded a complete set of spin Hamiltonian parameters for thisS= 1 complex:D= +7.39(1) cm–1,E= +0.093(1) (E/D= 0.012), andg= [1.999(5), 2.00(1), 2.00(1)]. To develop a detailed electronic structure description fortrans-[CrCl2(dmpe)2], we employed both classical ligand-field theory and quantum chemical theory (QCT) calculations, which considered all quintet, triplet, and singlet ligand-field states. While the high density of states suggests an unexpectedly complex electronic structure for this “simple” coordination complex, both the ligand-field and QCT methods were able to reproduce the experimental spin Hamiltonian parameters quite nicely. The QCT computations were also used as a basis for assigning the electronic absorption spectrum oftrans-[CrCl2(dmpe)2] in toluene.