Dodecanuclear-ellipse and decanuclear-wheel nickel(II) thiolato clusters with efficient femtosecond nonlinear absorption.
Dodecanuclear-ellipse and decanuclear-wheel nickel(II) thiolato clusters with efficient femtosecond nonlinear absorption.
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10.1002/anie.200907074
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2010-06
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Chi Zhang;Tsuyoshi Matsumoto;Marek Samoc;Marek Samoc;Simon Petrie;S. Meng;T. Corkery;R. Stranger;Jinfang Zhang;M. Humphrey;K. Tatsumi
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Chi Zhang;Tsuyoshi Matsumoto;Marek Samoc;Marek Samoc;Simon Petrie;S. Meng;T. Corkery;R. Stranger;Jinfang Zhang;M. Humphrey;K. Tatsumi
Thiolate ligands have been of longstanding interest for a variety of reasons: 1) their diverse binding modes give rise to an array of bonding motifs that are of fundamental importance in coordination chemistry, 2) metal–thiolate interactions are key elements of numerous metalloproteins and play a crucial role in the broader field of bioinorganic chemistry, and 3) thiolate-mediated magnetic coupling is an essential component in novel molecular magnets. Amongst the range of metal thiolate-derived structures, the synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of toroidal (or tiara-like) architectures have raised considerable interest. However, most of the known tiara-like [M(m-SR)]n (M = Ni, Pd) clusters to date have been constructed by single thiolate ligands and possess geometrically similar ring systems, which has restricted, to some extent, the abundance of examples and structural diversity of the tiara family. The development of high-performance molecular materials with optimized nonlinear optical (NLO) properties has also been the focus of much current research. 7] Previous studies have demonstrated that the presence of large pelectron delocalization and a symmetrical planar structure play crucial roles in determining the properties of nonlinear chromophores. 8] Curiously, though, despite the quasiaromatic nature of the bonding that has been proposed in nickel toroidal species, their optical properties are little explored; in particular, no study of the NLO properties is extant. We present here the synthesis of the largest tiara-like nickel(II)–thiolate cluster thus far by a novel route that employs two different thiolate bridges, structural studies that reveal an unprecedented elliptical structure for [Ni(m-StBu)(m-etet)]12 (etet = 2-ethylthioethanethiolate) and two new decanuclear-wheel nickel(II)–thiolato clusters [Ni(m-StBu)(m-pyet)]10 (pyet = 2-(2-mercaptoethyl)pyridine) and [Ni(mStBu)(m-atet)]10 (atet = 2-aminoethanethiol), and the first NLO studies of examples from this important class of molecules, together with time-dependent DFT studies that shed light on the optical behavior. The reaction of NiCl2·6 H2O with 1 equivalent K(etet) gave, after work-up, separable [(CH3C6H5) {Ni(m-StBu)(metet)}10] (1a) and [Ni(m-StBu)(m-etet)]12·(CH3C6H5)2 (1 b), whereas similar reactions with K(pyet) or K(atet), instead of K(etet), afforded [(CH3C6H5) {Ni(m-StBu)(m-pyet)}10]·(CH3C6H5)4 (2) and [(0.5CH3C6H5) {Ni(m-StBu)(m-atet)}10]·(CH3C6H5)2 (3), respectively. The atomic arrangements and stoichiometries of 1 a, 1b, 2, and 3 were unequivocally established from low-temperature CCD area-detector X-ray diffraction studies. The single-crystal X-ray analysis of 1b reveals a heretofore unknown dodecagonal-ellipse Ni12S24 framework, as displayed in Figure 1. The top view (Figure 1 a) of the cyclic Ni12S24 architecture shows that edge-fusion of the 12 localized planar [NiS4] subunits along opposite nonbonding S–S edges gives rise to a triple-layer elliptical geometry that approximately conforms to pseudo-D2 symmetry. The transannular Ni···Ni distances of 1 b are in the range of 11.343(6)–13.528(7) , while the dihedral angles between adjoining [NiS2] planes vary from 140.32 to 157.848 because of the unsymmetrical elliptical geometry of this unique 12membered Ni ring. The side view (Figure 1b) of the toroid 1b [*] Prof. Dr. C. Zhang, Dr. S. C. Meng, Dr. J. F. Zhang Molecular Materials Research Center, Scientific Research Academy, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University Zhenjiang 212013 (P.R. China) Fax: (+ 86)511-8879-7815 E-mail: chizhang@ujs.edu.cn