On the structure and stability of electron deficient species derived from [Cr(CO)3(arene)]
On the structure and stability of electron deficient species derived from [Cr(CO)3(arene)]
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-328x(00)00345-4
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发表时间:
2000-08-11
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Dyson, PJ
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作者:
McGrady, JE;Dyson, PJ
Electron impact ionisation mass spectrometry has been used to study [Cr(CO)(3)(arene)], arene = C6H6, C6H4Me2-1,4, C6H2Me3-1,2,4.5 and C6Me6. Successive loss of CO ligands results in the production of electron-deficient complexes [Cr(CO)(3-x)(C6H6)](+) (where x=0 to 3). Analysis of these species using approximate density functional theory indicates that the loss of CO ligands stabilises high-spin states, the effect being more marked in the cationic species than in their neutral counterparts. The high-spin states also tend to have more symmetric structures than their low-spin counterparts. The calculated value of the second CO dissociation energy is lower than either the first or third, consistent with gas-phase data obtained by electron impact ionisation mass spectrometry, which consistently show more intense peaks for the [Cr(CO)(C6H6)](+) than for [Cr(CO)(2)(C6H6)](+). The loss of the second CO ligand results in a transition from a doublet to a sextet ground state, and the resultant substantial structural rearrangements may be responsible for the anomalously low dissociation energy. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.